Timeline for "The" before the word “deprivation” and “of”
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| Jan 18, 2018 at 16:14 | comment | added | Andrew | @Cardinal You can use "the" if you want it to be even more specific, "She was blessed with the lightness of spirit common to members of her family." It's a good general rule to use the definite article in such cases, but not in every case. There may be some overarching principle, so it might be good to ask this as a separate question. | |
| Jan 18, 2018 at 7:45 | comment | added | Cardinal | I always tgought when saying " x of (the) y", the reason why we need the definit article is that we make the y specific. Hence, we need that "the" before x. Am I wrong? | |
| Jan 11, 2018 at 21:48 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 11, 2018 at 21:41 | vote | accept | Dmytro O'Hope | ||
| Jan 11, 2018 at 20:29 | history | answered | Andrew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |