patience to do/the patience to do

[Vladv1]

I know that we can use a content clause expressed by an infinitive after an abstract noun, and if this noun is uncountable, we always use THE. For example; he has THE patience to explain every grammar nuance.
First question-Are there cases when we don't use THE before an uncountable noun in such patterns?
Second question-If the noun hat is followed by an infinitve content clause is countable and singular, when to use A and when to use THE? I heard that even when people introduce the information for the first time, they use THE. The chance to meet. Thanks a lot.

 

[jutfrank]

Given that this is an almost identical question to your last, I hope you can guess what I want to say.

 

[emsr2d2]

I know that we can use a content clause expressed by an infinitive after an abstract noun, and if this noun is uncountable, we always use THE. For example, (comma, not a semi-colon) "He has THE patience to explain every grammar nuance".

First question- 1. Are there cases when we don't use THE before an uncountable noun in such patterns?
Second question- 2. If the noun that is followed by an infinitive content clause is countable and singular, when to do we use A and when to do we use THE?

I heard that even when people introduce the information for the first time, they use THE. For example, "... the chance to meet".

Note my corrections above. It's a lot simpler to number your questions rather than using "First question" etc. For future reference, you needed a space before and after the dash you put after "First question" and "Second question".
Take care with your spelling. You missed a "t" off "that" and misspelled "infinitive". Have you installed an English spell-checker on your browser yet?
After "For example", always use a comma.

 

[Skrej]

Given the similarity of the thread, plus the fact that I've repeatedly warned Vlad about careless proofreading, I'm going to close this thread.

See one such warning here and here: