Rules for using the word "The"

Rules for using the word "The":

1) when talking about things already mentioned

2) when you assume there is only one of something

3) to refer to specific count nouns

4) to refer to specific non-count nouns

5) to refer to objects that are unique

6) to refer to people that are unique

7) before superlatives

8) before ordinal numbers

9) with clauses introduced by only

10) when talking about decades

11) to refer to groups of people (collective nouns)

12) when talking about rivers

13) when talking about mountain ranges

14) when talking about oceans

15) when talking about deserts

16) when talking about points on the globe

17) when talking about the names of islands (as group)

18) when talking about countries with plural names

19) when talking about countries with a name that refers to the type of state

20) when talking about the names of newspapers

21) before the names of buildings or structures

22) when talking about monuments

23) when talking about museums

24) when talking about the names of hotels

25) when talking about the names of families (as a group)