Hi! Alexander,   
      
   On 12/05/2014 11:43 PM, you wrote:   
      
    ak> I read at http://www.davidappleyard.com/english/articles.htm   
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    ak> "The definite article is used in front of countable nouns representing a   
    ak> whole class or category of something."   
      
   That's nice.  Boring text books.  Boring... boring, boring... boring.   
      
    ak> The blue whale is thought to be the largest animal ever to have lived.   
      
   Absolutely.  (Yes, in this case it is a good example.)  Although, it could be   
   re-worked to not require the 'The'.   
      
    ak> The computer has changed our lives.   
      
   Yes.  Though, I could modify it to work without it...   
      
   "Computers have changed our lives."  8-)   
      
   It is a difficult language, this English.  I need more chocolate.  And some   
   advice from Ardith, I'm sure.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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