A life szó előtt miért nincs the?

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Omission of the

A The definite article is not used

1 Before names of places except as shown above or before names of people

2 Before abstract nouns except when they are used in a particular sense

Men fear death but

The death of the Prime Minister left his party without a leader

3 After a noun in the possessive case, or a possessive adjective

the boy s uncle = the uncle of the boy

It is my (blue) book = The (blue) book is mine

4 Before names of meals (but see 3 C)

The Scots have porridge for breakfast but

The wedding breakfast was held in her father s house

5 Before names of games He plays golf

6 Before parts of the body and articles of clothing as these normally prefer a possessive adjective

Raise your right hand He took off his coat But notice that sentences of the type

She seized the child's collar

I patted his shoulder

The brick hit John s face could be expressed

She seized the child by the collar

I patted him on the shoulder

The brick hit John in the face Similarly in the passive

He was hit on the head He was cut in the hand

B Note that in some European languages the definite article is used before indefinite plural nouns but that in English the is never used m this way Women are expected to like babies (i e women in general) Big hotels all over the world are very much the same If we put the before women m the first example, it would mean that we were referring to a particular group of women

C nature where it means the spirit creating and motivating the world of plants and animals etc is used without the

If you interfere with nature you will suffer for it

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