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- - - - General : I like all kinds of music
      - Musical instrument
        
        Specific: THE music of Karacter is vitrtually unknown outside Frech.
      - The moon >< In a picture there's moon
      - students don't like test >< THE STUDENTS who one failed this test are very nervous
      - places
        
        Kelvin's in hospital >< I left my coat in the hospital when I visited Kelvin
        
        ==> The first sentence talk about the fuctions of the place, while the left sentence indicates the position of something
    - - REFFERING TO A GROUP
        
        Plural nouns with zero article and singular nouns with a/an have a same meaning if they stand a the same Subject ( general) or Object ( particular) in a sentence
        
        S ( with the general meaning)
        
        Peacocks are found close to the coast
        A peacock is a large colorful and beautiful bird.
        
        O ( with the particular meaning
        
        I've been studing a peacock
        
        I've been studing peacocks
      - SPECIAL GROUP
        
        Parts of the body
        
        the noun is related to the O or S of the sentence => THE
        Fx: He's a pain in THE neck He gave the child a pat on THE back
        
        The noun is related to the S of the sentence => POSSESSIVES
        
        Fx: the seagul had hurt ITS wings
        
        Musical instruments
        
        ==> using the when talking about instrument generically
        
        Fx: The horn is one of the most difficult orchestral instruments to play >< I used to play trumpet in my school orchestra.
        
        ==> No using the when mentining about bands, orchestras, recording
        
        Scientific inventions
        
        The telephone >< video/ email
    - - A noun used after a genitive is attached with ZERO article
        ( The coat that belongs to Jane = The Jane's coat)
        ------------.><-------------------------
        The genitive noun itselt may have an article
        Fx: the wife of the boss = THE boss's wife
        The.... of+ a
      - with a proper noun
        
        general day ( we met on a wet Tuesday five years ago)
        
        special day( She died on the Wednesday after the accident)
        
        make sure about something with clear evidences ( There's a Tina working at the reception >< That's no! The Tina Jonsand I went to school with. - a famous person
      - Jobs, posotion and illnesses
        
        Jobs : He is a docter Queen Elizabeth had diner with President Kennedy Possitions: The Queen................ The President Illnesses: I've got THE measles
        EXCEPTION: a cold, a headache
  - - - -Talk about somthing that quite general and assume that listener/ reader doesn't know which specific thing
      - UESES
        
        For basic situations
        
        with Singular countable nouns.
        
        Unknown person/ something ( Fx: She has a car).
        
        What somebody/ something is ( I'm an engineer).
        
        Anyone/ anything ( A vegatarian doesn't eat meat)
        
        For special situations
    - - - without using any article when reffering things generally, not an individual item or example Fx: Money doesn't necessarily bring hapiness,
      - UESES
        
        For these basic situations
        
        used with uncountables and plural nouns.
        
        For these special situations
  - - - talk about specific example of something which both listener and ourselves is known
      - UESES
        
        For these basic situations
        
        Know clearly about somthing ( They have a daughter and a son. The boy is a student and the girl is.....)
        
        Uniqueness like the earth is not a safe plaece to live anymore. - General
        
        For these special situation
        
        The + adj ==> abtrast noun
        
        Out with the old, bring in the new The unknoen is offen very frightening
        
        The + adj/ v ==> personal noun
        
        The unemployment are calling for..... The wounded were taken to the neares hospital