the

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1. 1.With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

   • The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
   • It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
   • The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.

2. 2.With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none.

   • It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
   • I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
   • It was a difficult time, and I’m {none - not any} the wiser for it.

3. 3.Beyond all others.

   • We went the furthest under her leadership.
   • They trusted him the most.

Art

Article

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The determiner a, an, or the, used before a noun to show whether it is specific or general.

1. 1.Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun

   • That was the juiciest apple pie ever.
   • No one in the whole country had seen it before.
   • I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.

2. 2.Used with an adjective

   • Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
   • One doesn't choose the color of one's chess pieces; the white are assigned to the player who moves first.
   • That apple pie was the best.

Prep

Preposition

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A word placed before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show its relationship to another part of the sentence.

1. 1.For each; per.

Pron

Pronoun

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A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase.

1. 1.Early Modern form of thee.

Overall

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Everyday conversation

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General reading & writing

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Literature

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Word family

• theater
• theft
• their
• theme
• then
• theory
• therapy
• there
• thing