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I don't like

We do not use the for general ideas:

0 I l i ke music, especial ly classical music.

( not the music ... the classical music)

0 We don1t eat meat very often. (not the meat)

0 Life is not possible without water.

(not The life ... the water)

0 I hate exams. (not the exams)

0 Is there a shop near here that sel ls newspapers?

We do not use the for games and sports:

0 My favourite sports are football and skiing. (not the football ... the skiing)

We do not use the for languages or school subjects (history/geography/physics/biology etc.):

0 Do you think English is difficult? (not the English)

0 Tom1s brother is studying physics and chemistry.

flowers or the flowers?

Compare:

0 Flowers are beautiful. 。 I love th is garden.

(= Aowers in general) The flowers are beautiful. The -Aowers

(= the Aowers in this

garden)

0 I don't like cold weather. 。 The weather isn't very

(= cold weather in general) good today.

(= the weather today)

0 We don't eat fish very often. 0 We had a great meal last

(= fish in general) n ight. The fish was

excellent.

(= the fish we ate last

night)

0 Are you interested in 。 Do you know much

history? about the history of

(= history in general) your country?

)

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