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One of the biggest grammar mistakes I hear! Confusing "a" and "the"

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Why You Don't Need an Article in English

We never need to use an article if we're talking about a person with their name or their title. If you want to ask a really general question like, what apple pie recipes do you like to make? You could say, how's life? In these two sentences, it can be really confusing if you should use the or just omit the article. We often throw in the when we're saying the school, if we're going there for a different purpose than its intended.

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