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How to spell the

The is spelled T-H-E.

What it means: Used to refer to a specific person or thing.

In a sentence: The sun is shining bright. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: a, an, this, that, these, those. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "the" comes from Old English "se" (masculine), "seo" (feminine), and "þæt" (neuter), which slowly merged into one form. It is now the most common word in written English and is called the "definite article" because it points to a specific person or thing.

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