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: the1 (th before a vowel; th before a consonant) : def.art. : Used before singular or plural nouns and noun phrases that denote particular, specified persons or things: the baby; the dress I wore. : Used before a noun, and generally stressed, to emphasize one of a group or type as the most outstanding or prominent: considered Lake Shore Drive to be the neighborhood to live in these days. : Used to indicate uniqueness: the Prince of Wales; the moon. : Used before nouns that designate natural phenomena or points of the compass: the weather; a wind from the south. : Used as the equivalent of a possessive adjective before names of some parts of the body: grab him by the neck; an infection of the hand. : Used before a noun specifying a field of endeavor: the law; the film industry; the stage. : Used before a proper name, as of a monument or ship: the Alamo; the Titanic. : Used before the plural form of a numeral denoting a specific decade of a century or of a life span: rural life in the Thirties. : Used before a singular noun indicating that the noun is generic: The wolf is an endangered species. : Used before an adjective extending it to signify a class and giving it the function of a noun: the rich; the dead; the homeless. : Used before an absolute adjective: the best we can offer. : Used before a present participle, signifying the action in the abstract: the weaving of rugs. : Used before a noun with the force of per: cherries at $1.50 the box. : : : TO ALL: WOW, I couldn't even think that my modest comment will cause the entire waterfall of the responses. That was cool! : : : TERESA - It has never been my intention to sound mean, I just tried to correct a common mistake English speakers happen to make. Anyway, I apologize if I did sound mean for you. : : : KATERINA - Hey, kobito, we're probably from the same region of Ukraine - Galyczyna. So, let me tell you something. I, unlike Teresa, am not gonna make any judgement about your personality but one thing. I guess you have a deeply sitting Galician complex - namagatysja buty svjatiszym za Papu. All this thing you've writted about people from the "former USSR" tell me that a)you desperately wanted to leave Ukraine at any rate; b) you're desperately trying to become more American than Americans themselves and you aren't doing good in it - just look at your poor English grammar. Do you really think others can't see it? : : : TO THE OTHERS: Sometimes it's really fun to be at this chat. Keep up the fun. Please! : : : Virtually yours, : : : Zapadenecj : : : 1.My English grammar is OK and so is yours, except you have to learn that for “The Ukraine “ and ”The Hague” you must use the definite article. : : 2. I am not TRYING to be American. I AM American. : : I live here for twelve years, I’m a US citizen, work here, pay taxes, vote, own property, raze children. One of them is in US Marine Corps now. America is a country of immigrants. It’s my country. : : 3. I did not mean to disappoint you, but I am a highly paid professional, working for the US government. I’m doing much better than those who live here for generations.

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