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The
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The'' is a grammatical
article in
English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the
definite article in English. ''The'' is the
most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in
Old English which combined in
Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. for masculine singular, for feminine singular, and for plural. Before a vowel or mute ''h'', and become as in . Further information: }}
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