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The article "the" (like this, that, these, or those) refers to a specific, or definite, item, individual, or concept. The indefinite article (a, or an) refers to any one of the set of things in a group.

Examples:

The boy was climbing the fence. (a specific boy, a specific fence)

A boy was climbing a fence. (some unspecified boy, on some fence somewhere)

(* there is sometimes distinction between articles, as when describing the shared nature of all members of a group e.g. The crocodile lives in the water. A crocodile lives in the water.)

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