Can we use the definite article the before every noun before defining as the noun will be unique like "The cow is a useful animal" etc instead of "A cow is a useful animal" because the noun cow is unique?
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1This is a duplicate and uniqueness has nothing to do with it. – Lambie Nov 14 '23 at 16:05
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I don't know why the duplicate I put in the close message did not pop up here. Here it is: https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/22647/uses-of-the-definite-article-the-in-generic-noun-phrases – Lambie Nov 14 '23 at 16:28
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See also this one. – Kate Bunting Nov 14 '23 at 16:54