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Definite article DEFINITE ARTICLE THE Articles in English are invariable. That is, they do not change according to the gender or number of the noun they refer to, e.g. the boy, the woman, the children 'The' is used: 1. to refer to something which has already been mentioned. An elephant...

Exceptions to using the definite article EXCEPTIONS TO USING THE DEFINITE ARTICLE There is no article: with names of countries (if singular) Germany is an important economic power. He's just returned from Zimbabwe. (But: I'm visiting the United States next week.) with the names of...