1-Therefore, the extraction of optimized thermodynamic parameters from various publications is required.  In the above sentence, is the definite article &quot;the&quot; really necessary? When are they required in the case of the+noun+of+noun sentences?
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Tell me please why the is not used in the first following sentence and is used in the second one.     Ancient egyptian civilization existed for a long time.      The Inca civilization flourished for a long time.   Is the omitted because of the word ancient, or the use of the is optional in both sentences?
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There is a  with a similar title, however it then focused on two specific examples. The main question is when we should use "the" before an Of-phrase.   Is "the" used for the first part or the whole phrase?  for example, is it [the history ] of the internet. Or the [history of the internet ].  Some examples by searching google:        the International Day of the Girl Child   the study of Pattern Recognition    The Charter of the United Nations   More than 60 United Nations Member States have never been Members of the Security Council.   the Word of the Day   The history of the Internet   Transactions of the American Mathematical Society   Proceedings of the Royal Society    Types of problems and tasks      For example in     Machine learning is a subfield of computer science that evolved from the study of pattern recognition and computational learning theory in artificial intelligence.   Why "the study". Please note there is not much context for the "study" and I suspect the possessive construction has a role.   Apart from these examples, I feel in Of-phrases the domain of objects become limited, and it allows to use "the" for the noun before "of". For example you can't say "the mouse"! which mouse? but you can say "the mouse of a computer" because in the domain of a single computer, mouse is specific.    For another example we may say "The manager of a shop" (even without any context) but not "the customer of the shop" (again without any context). maybe "the customers of the shop" or maybe just "customers of the shop". "the door of the house" but not "the window of the house", because without any context we don't have one window but one door. Similarly, "the head of a human" but not "the hand of a human" (maybe the left hand of a human).  Does this analysis creditable?
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"The new laws are seen as an attempt to gag the press." In this sentence why the definite article 'the' is used before 'laws'(noun). I always get confused when to use 'the' and when not to. My teacher taught me, it is used when both speaker and listener are aware of what they are talking about i.e. both of them are familiar with that(noun). Can someone please clarify this? I have a feeling that I should've used 'the' before 'speaker' and 'listener' in the above sentence. Am I right?
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In the sentence:     All the information you need is in these folders.   I would have expected to find:     All the information that/which you need is in these folders.   Why are those omitted?
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Is there a difference between these references to a specific person:     "The implication is clear: as the psychologist Jonathan Haidt said..."   and     "The implication is clear: as psychologist Jonathan Haidt said..."   The first one uses the definite article and is a quote from Daniel Kahneman's book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow', where the article is consistently used in such references. In the second one I've omitted the definite article. It seems more intuitive for me, a non-native speaker, and is something I would use in my own writing.  Are both expressions equally correct? Are there situations that require the article and vice versa?
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I had a Grammar homework and I was asked to fill in the gap of the following sentence :   My father ... subscribe to the Newsweek.   I had been given four options and only one of them fits in with the sentence, they are as follows :   A- Said to me  B- Suggested that I   C- Suggests me to   D- Encouraged me  I had chosen the answer "C" but I discovered later that the teacher considered it as incorrect, and that "B" is the appropriate answer, which made me so confused. Could you please explain to me why ?
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I saw a bear, a lion and a donkey.   Is the usage of the article a necessary before each word in a list like this?      Biggs set out Monday morning for one of his usual hiking and   gold-panning trips near Whiskey Flats when he came across a mother   bear, yearling, and cub sitting on a stream bank.   Why is there no article before cub?
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I wrote      "Following examples show ..."   and my colleague revised it as      "The following examples show ..."   Why do we need "the" here even though the examples have not been mentioned before?
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I used the book "Grammar and Style" and one example confused me:      He was the better/ best of two players.    The answer was the better but learners wonder how is it true since we use best after the definite article, the.   Was the answer given above correct?
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Which would be correct?        The fridge, the shelves, the walls, the floor, and John himself, were all covered in foam.   The fridge, shelves, walls, floor, and John himself, were all covered in foam.      The the can be applied to all the nouns, so is there a need to repeat it?
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I think the question is rather philisophical. I wonder if articles are used to make what we say more clear and using zero/indefinite article with the noun known or already introduced can be the reference to that noun or any other since we do not specify. Like here:  I was walking with some friends. Friends were very funny. We made a stop. After making a stop, we moved on.  The grammar tells us - use &quot;the&quot; when referring to something known. But what if I do not use &quot;the&quot; - can it refer to those friends/stop, since I do not specify? Will it be a lie to talk like this, and what do native speakers think in such situations? Will it really be a grammatical mistake? Thanks.
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In this sentence:     The commission commanded that work on the building should cease.   Why isn't the used before the word work? It seems that the work is specified by on the building.  Another example is,     Construction of the building will start next week.   I understand construction here is something like putting up the building, and so the construction isn’t general in meaning. But the definite article isn’t used here, either.  I’ve asked about this several times, but none gave me a good answer.
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Over on another network site, a helpful user corrected the grammar of .  The answer now says     I believe it's valid.   where I originally wrote     I believe it valid.   Is the original sentence gramamatically (or at least idiomatically) correct or do I absolutely need a form of 'to be' here? (What's more, is 'to be' a copula or an auxiliary verb if used like this?)  I am quite certain that I have seen sentences like the original one in the past, but I am uncertain where. Given that I am frequently exposed to the somewhat made-up English of authors in the fields of sci-fi and fantasy, I might have fallen into a trap here.  Edit: I don't doubt that the correction is valid and enhances readability.
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I recommend you to define those parameters beforehand.   I recommend that you define those parameters beforehand.   Are both sentences grammatically correct? If yes, do they mean the same thing? If yes, which one should I use?
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Should we use the summer training or just summer training in the paragraph. As per me training is a noun and before singular noun we have to use an article and I am using the because I am talking about a specific training for engineers, I also know that before very common nouns we avoid articles, like bed, school, bus, university, so if you say we should use summer training then please give me a valid reason.     Company(name) has been providing the summer training for engineers   since 2010. We have been giving completely professional atmosphere for   engineers to complete the summer training with practical knowledge.   Our each faculty has a great experience in the education field. We   make sure you get all the important resources to make your summer   training a learning and an enjoyable summer training. You may call or   email us to get your confirmation about the training.   Thanks in advance.
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Please consider the following sentences:   It's part of the life. It's a part of the life.   What is the difference in the meaning between these sentences?   Why are we allowed to omit the article from the first sentence?
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In most sentences that use the word lunch, I found this word does rarely take the definite article the. For example:     I have lunch in three hours.      Shall we go out for lunch?      Let's have some lunch.      I'll take my lunch to school.   But now I wonder if this word really cannot take the definite article, and if it can, in what cases do I use the definite article and in what cases not?  And also, if the word lunch cannot take the definite article, why cannot it have it?