(c) The government increased regulation of banks in the 1930s.
(d) In many companies, the knowledge of most employees is a wasted resource.
(e) The Economistis published every week.
(f) The south is characterised by poverty and emigration.
(g) John Maynard Keynes, the British economist, died in 1946.
(h) The River Seine runs through the middle of Paris.
(i) The World Bank was founded in 1945.
(j) The euro was introduced in 2002.
Guidelines
In general, theis used with:
(a) superlatives (largest)
(b) time periods (eighteenth century/1930s)
(c) unique things (government, world)
(d) specified things (knowledge of most employees)
(e) regular publications (Economist)
(f) regions and rivers (south/River Seine)
(g) very well-known people and things (British economist)
(h) institutions and bodies (World Bank)
(i) positions (middle)
(j) currencies (euro)
It is not used with:
(k) things in general (banks)
(l) names of countries, except for the UK, the USA and a few others
(m) abstract nouns (e.g. inflation)
(n) companies/things named after people/places (e.g. Sainsbury’s, Heathrow Airport)
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