Hi,
I have an issue with when to put "the" or nothing in front of words.
Sometimes, people put "the", sometimes, they put nothing.
How do I determine when to put "the" or nothing?
For example, when I was writing my statement of purpose for my graduate school, there was a sentence; "I want to study formation and transtion of identity".
Was I supposed to put "the" in front of "formatina and transition"
And if I mention "formation and transition" later on the paper, do I need to put "the" cuz it is repeated?
Another sentence. "idea of conflict resolution."
Do I put "the" in front of "conflict resolution"? If not, why?
Another relating question is that "a(an)" and "the".
I know the basic rules of "a" and "the".
First, in my paper, I said, "a Youth Dialogue Conference that I developed."
Since I assumed that nobody knows about it.
But a native English speaker corrected to "the Youth Dialogue Conference"
Why is that? It was a conference that other people don't know.
Sorry, it may be a long question.
But I really want to know the answer.
Thank you so much in advance.
I have an issue with when to put "the" or nothing in front of words.
Sometimes, people put "the", sometimes, they put nothing.
How do I determine when to put "the" or nothing?
For example, when I was writing my statement of purpose for my graduate school, there was a sentence; "I want to study formation and transtion of identity".
Was I supposed to put "the" in front of "formatina and transition"
And if I mention "formation and transition" later on the paper, do I need to put "the" cuz it is repeated?
Another sentence. "idea of conflict resolution."
Do I put "the" in front of "conflict resolution"? If not, why?
Another relating question is that "a(an)" and "the".
I know the basic rules of "a" and "the".
First, in my paper, I said, "a Youth Dialogue Conference that I developed."
Since I assumed that nobody knows about it.
But a native English speaker corrected to "the Youth Dialogue Conference"
Why is that? It was a conference that other people don't know.
Sorry, it may be a long question.
But I really want to know the answer.
Thank you so much in advance.