The definite article the is used with nouns that are specifically identified

c. preceding non-countable nouns when the nouns are followed by modifiers She loves the ballet of George Balanchine Compare the following pairs: Jane is studying sociology. Jane is studying the sociology of those strange people.

51. Articles should be repeated in a sentence if the meaning requires it.

The husband and the father came in. two men The husband and father came in. one man She had a red and an orange sweater. two sweaters She had a red and orange sweater. one sweater Exercise 28 Put in aan or the where necessary. I have just moved into …1.. house in …2.. Bridge Street. Yesterday …3.. beggar knocked at my door. He asked for …4.. meal and …5.. glass of beer. In return for this, …6.. beggar stood in his head and sang …7.. songs. I gave him …8.. meal. He ate …9.. food and drank …10.. beer. Then he put …11.. piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later ..12.. neighbor told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in …13.. street once …14.. month and always asks for …15.. meal and …16.. glass of beer. PREPOSITIONS 52. A preposition is a word that links a noun, pronoun, noun phrase or any other nominal constructions with the rest of the sentence, usually describing time, place, or relationship. Prepositions precede the nouns that are regarded as the objects of the prepositions. Therefore, all pronouns that come after a preposition should be in the objective case. He was asked to choose between Jack and I. He was asked to choose between Jack and me.

53. Preposition should be repeated if clarity requires it.

She looks better in green than brown. This could mean she looks better in green than Brown looks in green. She looks better in green than in brown. Take care not to use preposition needlessly. Of what are you afraid of? Of what are afraid? What are afraid of? The racehorse wandered off of the track. The racehorse wandered off the track.

54. Many people think that preposition should not be used to end

sentences. This is not true. While it is true that most sentences can be strengthened by ending them with some other part of speech, there is grammatically nothing wrong with these constructions. What is your looking for? I’m not sure I know what you’re talking about. This is not the sort of behavior that I’m going to put up with. Exercise 29 Supply the correct prepositions in the following sentences. 1. He has gone abroad. He will return …. two year’s time. 2. …. Saturdays I always go to the market. 3. I never go to the cinema …. the week. 4. He ran a hundred meters …. thirteen seconds.