Grammar Articles Continued...
28. Before words referred in
a general way: as;
i. the weather
ii. the climate
iii. the human race
iv. the ground
v. the atmosphere
vi. the sea
vii. the public
viii. the wind
ix. the sky
x. the environment
xi. the future
xii. the past
29.With nouns before a phrase
beginning of (the noun + of + noun): as;
i. the sound of gunfire
ii. the Bay of Bengal, etc.
iii. the block in-charge of
secondary block
iv. the teacher of Golden
Gate College
30. With names of
choirs, musical bands, orchestras, etc. as;
i. the Beatles
ii. the Uglyz
iii. the Nepathya
iv. the Philadelphia
Orchestra
v. the Rolling stones, etc.
31. With
abbreviations: as;
i. the UNO
ii. the CIA
iii. the SBI
iv. he ISI
v. the CBI
vi. he USA
vii. the USSR
viii. the WTO
ix. the IMO
x. the UNFPA
xi. the FAO
xii. the DFID
xiii. the USAID
xiv. the IBM
xv. the HIV
Note: But we do not use ‘the’ with acronym
(abbreviation but pronounced as one word): as;
i. UNESCO
ii. NATO
iii. SAARC
iv. BIMSTEC
v. SAFTA
vi. ICIMOD
vii. UNEP
viii. AIDS
ix. JICA
x. ECOSOC, etc.
32. With proper/ nationality
names (adj + noun) or (noun +of +noun): as;
i. the National Gallery
ii. the University of California,
etc.
33. With addresses
beginning with two or more addressees (the Misses +surname): as;
i. the Misses Ghimire,
ii. the Messrs. Poudyal, etc.
34. A unique noun (only one
of its kind): as;
i. the sun
ii. the earth
iii. the sky
iv. the moon, etc.
35. With positive degree of
adjectives plus a proper name: as;
i. the intelligent Radha
ii. the beautiful Mohini
iii. the sweet Subina
iv. the lazy Bibek
v. the clever Supriyaa
vi. the hardworking Somila
vii. the tall Suraj
viii. the easygoing Bhavin
ix. the sporty Gaurav
x. the gracious Bindiya
xi. the little Bishal
xii. the clever Jenisa
xiii. the loving baby
xiv. the gentle Samee
xv. the honest Vibhab
xvi. the cunning Suhit, etc.
36. With the
nationality adjectives: as;
i. the Nepali
ii. the British
iii. the Indian
iv. the afghan
v. the Iraqi
vi. the Israeli
vii. the French
viii. the Japanese, etc.
37. With even names of
people if there is more than one person with the same names: as;
i. I want to talk to the Raju
in Black.
ii. You mean the Raju
in white?
38.With names of
religious groups/races: as;
i. the Muslims
ii. the Hindus
iii. the Buddhists
iv. The Jains
v. the Christians
vi. The Protestants
vii. the Catholics.
39. Before names of
directions, dates, decades and centuries: as;
i. in the west
ii. to the west
iii. in the south
iv. the third of Falgun
v. Magh the 14th
vi. the 15th
vii. January the 22nd
viii. the 80s
ix. the 1920s
x. the 90s
xi. the 15th century
xii. the 21st century.
Note:
But North France, South-East China, east Bengal, and West Pakistan. Don’t use
articles before the names of Companies, ok? Sony, Intel, Samsung, Apple,
Google, Microsoft, Huawei, Motorola, etc.
40. With a
comparative degree of adjective to relate a cause and effect: as;
i. The higher you go, the
colder you feel.
ii. The harder you study, the
better your result will be.
iii. The sooner you come, the
earlier you can go.
41. With proper
nouns only when qualified by an adjectival or adjectival clause: as;
i. The immortal Shakespeare
wrote Romeo and Juliet.
ii. the Brave Amar Singh
Thapa defeated the British.
iii. The Brave Lakhan Thapa
who scarified everything for the sake of democracy.
42. With nouns that
give the force of a superlative or are emphasized: as;
i. Cricket is the game of
today.
ii. Soccer is the game I
like.
iii. Manul is the student
of GEMS school.
iv. Dog is the animal that we
like.
v. Sunita is the girl in our
class.
vi. Rohit is the boy we like
most.
43.When common nouns that
tend to give an abstract meaning/name: as;
i. The hero in
him was still alive.
ii. The hand he
got from his friends can’t be overlooked.
iii. The eyes she
gave were absolutely commendable, etc.
