[Friendship 9-10/2000, pages 1, 34]
Its western shores are washed by the Atlantic Ocean.
[Friendship 9-10/1999, page 8]
- the 4 cardinal points
Eg: In many states across the South, parks, streets, statues…
[Friendship 9-10/2000, page 6]
To the north, it shares borders with Namibia, Bostwana and Zimbabwe.
[Friendship 9-10/1999, page 8]
- channels and canals, deserts, ships
Eg: The old Grand Union Canal passes near the town.
[Friendship 7/2000, page 18]
…as Bruce Ismay stayed before sailing on the Titanic.
[Friendship 7/1999, page 8]
- the names of organizations, monuments
Eg: The most interesting is the Slovak National Museum and its…
…by assembled delegates of the Continental Congress…
The Severn Valley Railway, like other railways in Britain,…
[Friendship 9-10/2000, pages 13, 24]
- the titles of unique people:
Eg: Thomas Jefferson became the American president in 1801.
…at which the principal guest was the Prince of Wales.
[Friendship 9-10/2000, pages 11, 13]
…the Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon.
[Friendship 8/1999, page 18]
 We use the definite article with the adjectives:
- with the superlative:
Eg: The best known frontier of the entire Foman Empire.
[Friendship 7/1999, page 18]
The most recent and largest investment is the multi-million pound…
…and ramparts represent one of the last great flowerings…
Perhaps the handsomest American and a symbol of adventure…
He had a state funeral, maybe the greatest in Colorado history.
[Friendship 9-10/2000, pages 11, 12]
Not only is it one of the smallest republics in Europe, it is also…
[Friendship 4-5/1999, page 22]
- to talk about group of people: the + adjective
Eg: the young, the rich, the unemployed, the injured…
The ordinary things signed by the famous can become very valuable.
The Coloureds inhabit the western cape.
The natives speak in both the official languages, English and Afrikaans.
[Friendship 9-10/1999, pages 6, 8]
 We use the definite article in comprarisons:
Eg: The less you know about it the worse for you.
 We use the definite article in reference to parts of the body (instead of my, her):
Eg: The fat toe on one side of the foot is called the big toe. The biggest false body part friend is the hand.
They use the word hand when they are talking about the whole arm.
[Friendship 9-10/1999, page 2].