Don't use "the" to talk about things in general.

• Elephants can swim very well. (Not "The elephants…")
• Gas is expensive. (Not "The gas…")

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Don't use singular uncountable nouns alone, without an article or other determiner.
We can say a cat, the cat, my cat, this cat, any cat, either cat or every cat, but not just cat.

• Give it to the cat. (Not " Give it to cat ")
• Annies is a doctor. (Not " Annies is doctor ")

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"Correct"

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We use "the" when there is only one of something:
• what is "the" longest river in "the" world?
• "the" earth goes round "the" sun
• Paris is "the" capital of France (not Paris is capital of ...)
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We say: the sky, the sea, the ground, the country, the environment.
• would you like to live in "the" country? (=not in a town)
• we looked up at all the stars in "the" sky. (not in sky)
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But we say space (without "the") when we mean "space in the universe". Compare:
• There are millions of stars in space (not in the space)
• I tried to park my car, but "the" space was too small.
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We use "the" before same (the same):
• Your pullover is the same colour as main. (Not is same colour)
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We don't use "the" before noun+number. For example, we say:
• Our train leaves from Platform 5. (Not the Platform 5)
◇ in the same way, we say: page 29 (of a book), question 3 (in an exam).

"Amend"

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Letter Expressions – Informal & Formal

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Avoid starting sentences with a number or abbreviation

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"Cease"

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"in accordance with something"

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"herein/ therein"

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Common errors: "above"

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Common errors: "above-mentioned"

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Common errors: "Influence"

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Common errors: "etc"

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Common errors: "Cause"

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Common errors: "Reason"

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Prepositions of "reason"

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"Cause"

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