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The word THE is an Article, neither a conjunction or preposition. Other articles are:

  • a
  • an

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The belongs to a small group of words called articles.

There are only three articles -- a / an / the.

The is called the definite article. The can be used before all common nouns - singular plural countable or uncountable.

When you use the you are talking about something that the speaker and hearer know about. So if we say "the dog" this means a dog the speaker and hearer know about already.

A: I saw a dog get run over this morning.

B: Really! What happened?

A: The dog ran out on the road and was hit by a car.

In the first sentence A says a dog because B doesn't know which dog A is talking about. (a dog means any dog). In the second sentence A says the dog because now B knows which dog A is talking about, it is the dog A mentioned in the first sentence.

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