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Default Re: The definite article before of-phrases

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Originally Posted by albertino View Post
... why zero article instead of the definite article is used before "Aspects" (As some of the grammar books tell us that the definite article should be used before of-phrases, but in here the zero article is used instead).
Aspects isn't defined; it's left undefined.

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The (specific) aspects of the Irish constitution that we are going to discuss today are as follows.

Does that help?
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