#However ‘the’ is used before the name of the following countries though they have only the nouns as names: The Netherlands, the Philippines, the Maldives, the Lebanon, the Congo, the Argentine. 20.‘The’ is used before the nouns in apposition.Example- Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is a cosmopolitan city. Dr. Ahmed, the Principal, is a great man. 21.But if a proper noun is in apposition ‘the’ is not used before it. Example- the Principal, Dr. Ahmed, is a gentleman. 22.“The” is used before adverbs and adjectives. Example- a)ThethenPrime Minister misled the nation. b)Theaboveexamples are taken from Shakespeare. c)Thedowntrain is late. 23.“The” is used before ordinals in title. Example- Queen Elizabeth the second is still alive. 24.“The” is used to emphasize. Example- He is the big shot in the twon. 25.“The” is used to express enthusiastic approval (usually with “that”). Example-That’s the word, that’s the tune. 26.‘The’ is used before adjectives when they function as nouns to mean the whole class or group. Example - The poor, the blind, the rich, the old etc. 27.‘The’ is used before countable singular nouns to mean the whole species. Example - the cow, the whale etc. But remember ‘the’ is not used before ‘man’ & ‘woman’. Example - Man is mortal. However, “the” is used before man and woman when they are made definite by post modifiers. Example- Rakib is the man who did it. We know the woman who played well. 28.“The” is used before the plural name of a family. Example- The sheridans. The Mondals. The Sarkers. 29.“The” is used before comparatives. Example- the more the merrier, the sooner the better. 30.“The” is used before superlatives. Example- He is the best boy in the class. But “the” is not used before “most” when it is used to mean majority or almost all of something or some people not as superlative. Example- Here, most newspapers use erroneous English. Most of the people of our country are poor. Nature, society, space: 31.No article is used before nature, society, space(vacuum): Nature is always not kind. Man live in society.Everybody dreams of flying in space.