The flowers

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Start date Oct 6, 2017

moseen

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Oct 6, 2017

#1

Hello everybody!
Why does the "flowers" in the sentence below have the "the"?
The garden is wonderful in the spring when all the flowers come out.

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Matthew Wai

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Oct 6, 2017

#2

'The flowers' refers to the ones in the garden.

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moseen

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Oct 6, 2017

#3

Matthew Wai said:
'The flowers' refers to the ones in the garden.

Doesn't it mean all flowers in everywhere?

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Matthew Wai

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Oct 6, 2017

#4

It refers to all the flowers in the garden.

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