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Some uses of 'THE'.

  1. If a Noun is followed by 'of, it nearly always has 'the' before it, e.g. The death Qf Babar: The courage of the men: The door of the room.
  2. 'The' is generally used before a Noun followed by who, which, whom & whose. E.g. The boy who failed: The book which I lost: The man whom I saw.
  3. 'The' is used with Superlatives; e.g. The cleverest boy: The most beautiful. Also with Comparatives when 'than' is not used; e.g. The better of the two.
  4. 'The' is used with titles except when the name comes before the title. E .g. The President of Pakistan (But: F.M .Ayub, President of Pakistan), The Queen of England (But: Elizabeth, Queen of England)
  5. 'The' is used with English newspapers (except 'Dawn'): The Daily Mirror.
  6. 'The' is used with the names of ships: The Bahadur, the Queen Mary.

 'The' is used with the following:

•Rivers (the Ravi); Mountain Ranges (the Himalayas);
•Oceans (the Atlantic);
•Groups of Islands (the West Indies);
•Seas (the Mediterranean);
•Bays (the Bay of Bengal);
•Deserts (the Arabian Desert);
•Straits (the Straits of Gibraltar)

'The' is used with the following words & expressions:
The sun
On the point of
The U.S.A
The first
With the result that
the battle of
The Deccan
The only
The bazaar
The former
The moon
in the habit of
The U.K.
The last
The earth
In the time of
The Carnatic
The other
The Government
The latter
The stars
The world
The Punjab
The whole
The army
In the history of
The public
In the near future
The press
The North
The radio
In the best of health
The same
The station
The truth
The police
The atom bomb
The monsoon
The U .S.S.R.
The cinema

'The' is used in general essays as under:
The aeroplane is used to carry freight (Aeroplanes are used --------)
The horse is used for many purposes (Horses are used ---------------)

Omit 'the' with the following words and expressions:
Abstract Nouns
Proper Nouns
in olden times, in ancient times, in time of war, in time of trouble, in northern India, in Indian history, Lahore Station, Peshawar Station, World War-I , World War-II, Nature is kind to man (mankind).


Any word may have 'the' before it, if it is followed by 'of '
  • The iron of Pakistan:
  • The Urdu of Lucknow.