Grammar Articles Continued...
16. Names of the organs of
our body: as;
i. the skin
ii. the nose
iii. the heart
iv. the gall
v. the esophagus
vi. the eye
vii. the liver
viii. the lungs, etc.
17. When only two
things are compared: as;
i. She is the taller of the
two.
ii. He is the better of the
two, etc.
18. Names of religious books:
as;
i.
The Bible
ii.
the Ramayana
iii.
the Gita
iv.
the Koran
v.
the Gurugrantha Shahib
vi.
the Mahabharata, etc.
vii.
the Mundum
viii.
The Tripitaka
19. When churches,
hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, courts, prisons, bed, etc. are
referred for secondary purposes: as;
i. My father
went to the school to pay my bills.
ii. The policeman went
to the university to arrest some students.
20. Names of states and
countries that are plural: as;
i. the Philippines
ii. the Netherlands, etc.
iii. The Hague (exception)
iv. the Zaire(exception)
21. Names of group of
islands: as;
i. the Laksha dweeps,
ii. the Andaman and
Nichobars,
iii. the Maldives, etc.
iv. the Hebrides
22. Names of famous buildings
and historical monuments: as;
i. the Taj Mahal
ii. the Great Wall
iii. the white house
iv. the Dumas
v. the Cromwell
vi. the Parliament
vii. the Big Ben
viii. the Durbar Square
ix. the Hanuman Dhoka
x. the Narayanhiti Palace,
etc.
23. Names of the
chief (position) of an organization, or an institution: as;
i. the principal
ii. the director
iii. the manager
iv. the premier, etc.
24. With parts of
the day: as;
i.
the morning
ii.
the evening
iii.
the afternoon
iv.
the night, etc.
25. Names of unions
and corporations: as;
i. the labor union
ii. the oil corporation, etc.
26. With adjectives
to represent a whole class of people: as;
i. the poor
ii. the unprivileged
iii. the minority
iv. the marginalized, etc.
27. With a singular
professional noun after a proper name: as;
i. Gita the nurse
ii. Hari the doctor
iii. Binita the actress
iv. Sadhana the intelligent,
etc.
