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)
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