Timeline for Usage of "the" prefix where it doesn't seem to be grammatically correct [duplicate]
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| Jan 30, 2020 at 6:45 | comment | added | CJ Dennis | @OferZelig "Why" is usually a very bad question to ask in linguistics because the answer is usually "It just is". | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 6:29 | comment | added | Ofer Zelig | @CJDennis it displays the usage, doesn't explain the why | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 6:28 | history | closed |
CJ Dennis KillingTime CommunityBot |
Duplicate of a cold vs flu / the flu | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 6:28 | history | edited | Ofer Zelig | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 30, 2020 at 4:45 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 30, 2020 at 4:28 | comment | added | CJ Dennis | oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/flu?q=flu | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 3:43 | comment | added | Zan700 | Influenza spreads around the world in yearly outbreaks. Although there may be differences in these outbreaks, the differences fade beneath the commonalities. Influenza seems like one thing, advancing, striking its victims and retreating--and then returning. It seems like one particular thing, a definite thing, and thus the definite article. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 2:41 | comment | added | Ofer Zelig | @GEdgar seems like here is more appropriate | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 2:39 | comment | added | Ofer Zelig | @HotLicks links would be helpful (I cited the only one I found, for only one of the usages) | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 2:29 | comment | added | GEdgar | You may get better explanations at ell.stackexchange.com | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 1:46 | comment | added | Hot Licks | This has been asked and answered here easily a hundred times. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 1:41 | history | asked | Ofer Zelig | CC BY-SA 4.0 |