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Old 12-Nov-2007, 00:22
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Default with dark hair, with the dark hair
EXPLORING GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT (by Ronald Carter, Rebecca Hughes and Michael McCarthy), Unit 22:
The girl with the brown eyes and dark hair, I really like her.
That boy with the dark, curly hair, is he a friend of yours?
The girl with brown hair and glasses, is she his sister?

I just don't know why the article "the" is used before "dark eyes/hair" since the preposition "with" means "having". Could you please tell me how to determine whether we need the "the" in such a situation?
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