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I don't know when use " the" in a sentence in English. Can you help me please?
I don't know when use " the" in a sentence in English. Can you help me please?
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use "the" when you're talking about something specific like for example
I was talking about THE boy over there
I am referring to THE bird that you looked at yesterday
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