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For questions about "The", the only definite article used in English.
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Is it not correct to say "I have the brown eyes" instead of "I have brown eyes", and why?
Eyes is a "plural count noun" and in this case we are talking about your eyes generally, rather than specifically. As a result, you can omit the the.
See Rule #3 here:
All things or things in gen …
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