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From a news report:
The group looked at tissue from people who had any of five diagnoses: autism-like conditions, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and alcoholism.
Why isn't there a definite article before "five diagnoses"? They are listed, so it's a definite word. I would have used the:
The group looked at tissue from people who had any of the five diagnoses: autism-like conditions, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and alcoholism.'
The group looked at tissue from people who had
any of these five diagnoses: ...
any of five diagnoses ...
any of the five diagnoses
these five diagnoses = focus your attention, listener, on this list of five diagnoses I am about to enumerate
five diagnoses = five diagnoses were involved...
the five diagnoses = listener, I'm speaking of the five diagnoses with which you are familiar or have already heard about (or which I intend to make my topic)
