What’s New? Everyday Phrases.

History Facts! History of The Internet.

Conversation Topic. Personal Information.

Dialog Practice. Question Words.

Basic Grammar Review. The Definite Article.

English Grammar. Modal Verbs of Probability.

Great question! In everyday English this phrase is used to say “Hello  or Hi”. It can also mean, “How are you?”. Phrases come from just about  every place on earth. Anywhere English is spoken for sure. Phrases come  from movies, sitcoms and music.

Who makes a phrase popular? People who like to create stuff. People  who are popular. People who like what someone created and decided to use  it over and over. When others like it and can apply the phrase to a  situation or experience, now we have a phrase.

Once a phrase is created and becomes popular, often it is used in a  variety of different ways. Literal or idiomatic. Literal definitions  refer to situations where we can see what happens. A common phrase might  be “Look up”. In this example, we can see what is happening at the time  of speaking. It is something we can refer to as an action. The phrase  “Look up” as an idiomatic expression can have several definitions.

Look  up is used in three specific ways as an idiomatic expression. Here are  examples; “Things are looking up these days” means that a given  situation is improving. “Look it up in the dictionary” means to search  for a word, definition or information in a dictionary. “Look me up the  next time you are in town” means to visit with me.

The “Definite Article” is the most used word in the English language.  What is it? It is the word “The”. It is used many different ways and  often there are no definite rules for it’s usage.

A  country can use it or not. It is all up to the government of a given  country to decide. Hotels are pretty much the same. Some examples might  be; The Hotel Regency or The Regency Hotel or Hotel Regency. All of this  said, there are basic rules that we need to follow to understand “The  Definite Article” in everyday English.

Here are just a few. “The” is often used when we refer to groups of  objects or people. Some examples are “The British”, “The Canadians”,  “The Americans”. In these examples, we are referring to groups of  people.

Other examples are “The USA”, “The UK”, “The Netherlands”. In these  examples, we are referring to groups of places. There are examples when  we don’t use “The”. For instance, we do not use “The” before a lake but,  we do use “The” before groups of lakes. An example is “The Great  Lakes”.

We also use “The” extensively as a “Determiner”. Examples are “The  City of New York”, “The County of New York”, “The State of New York”.  When we want to clearly refer to a place or thing, we use “The Definite  Article”.

The word “The” is used for “Singular, Plural and Uncountable Nouns”.  When you see the word “The’ before one word, you need to know that word  is a noun. This rule applies to any word we refer to as a noun.

While there are many definite rules for “The”, here is just one more.  Remember pronunciation before “Vowels” and “silent letters”. Here are a  few examples: “The apple”, “The elephant”, “The ice cream”, “The  orange”, “The umbrella”.

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