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Used before a vowel or vowel sound.
Expressions of speed.
When we talk about indefinite nouns.
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To make a general statement about all people or things of that type.
With names or professions.
When singular count nouns if hey are first mentioned or introduced (not mentioned before).
Before a consonant or consonant sound.
Before singular countable nouns that mean one.
Before any singular, plural, count or noncount noun.
Before a noun that has already been mentioned and you mention it again.
When it is clear which thing or person is referred to.
Before a singular noun that refers to a specific noun.
Before adjectives used as nouns or nationalities.
When there is only ONE of something.
Before a body part in a prepositional phrase that belongs to the object in the sentence.
With proper names of places.
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When the name of a country or state includes the Word OF, government, plural form or an adjective.
"THE NUMBER OF" refers to a group and is used as singular noun.
When something s common knowledge.
Names of geogrphic regions.
Names of universities, colleges or schools.
Names of wars and historical documents.
With the superlative of adectives.
With the names of ships, trains, airplanes.
Dates when the number comes before the month. Also with decades, centuries and eras.
With expressions of time ad place.
Before ordinal numbers.