Barack Obama

People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.

American President

Leo Tolstoy

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Russian Novelist

Bill Gates

The protestor I think will speak up for the world's poorest.

American Businessman

Franz Kafka

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

Novelist

Plato

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Greek Philosopher

Mahatma Gandhi

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Indian Leader

Charles Dickens

Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby.

English Novelist

Victor Hugo

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

French Author

Muhammad Ali

I shook up the world, I shook up the world.

American Boxer

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Artist

Use 'the' when the following words make clear which specific person or thing you mean.

Specific Qualifier

'The' is preceded by clauses with 'who', 'that', to specify a particular individual or group.

Defining Relative Clauses

Use 'the' with a singular noun to speak about all those things as a whole.

Generic Noun Marker

A singular noun with 'the' can be used to represent an example of a category.

Representative Example

'The' signals that there is one such thing that is shared knowledge.

Clarify Uniqueness

'The' indicates a specific person or thing already known or mentioned.

Definite Descriptions

Using 'the' to generalize, referring to something everybody does or understands.

Generalized Reference

'The' indicates a standard unit of measure not tied to a specific object.

Standard Measure

Use 'the' for things that there is only one of, such as oceans, rivers, and landmarks.

One of a Kind

 To persuade females the come close and admire his plumes, he sings the most complex song he can manage and he does that by copying the songs

Attenborough: the...

 this is rafflesia the corpse flower a meter across it's the world's biggest flower

Corpse Flower Stinks of...

 I saw the world through new eyes I saw the world through a mother's eyes sorry

Caring for maternal...

 Even the river, normally a lifeline for the animals, has almost disappeared.

Leopard Learns How to...

 Protecting the nest means Gigantoraptors' young are more likely to survive.

Oviraptorid Defends Her...

 NEWS And they own Cali's main passion, the soccer team America.

The Rise of the Cali...

 Deeper into the swamp lies the reason for all this fishing.

The Dark Side of...

 this courageous explorer has paved the way for the others

Dolphins React to...

 Flying through the night, I watch over this world,

The truth about bats -...

 If your life were a book and you were the author,

The

Specific Qualifier

Defining Relative Clauses

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