THE + adjective + noun – English Grammar Profiler

In English grammar, “the” is a definite article used to specify or make particular reference to a person, place, thing, or idea. When “the” is used with an adjective in a noun phrase, it’s often to specify something that is already known to the listener or reader, or to refer to a specific instance of the general idea that the adjective describes.

In the example, “the good news”, the phrase is referring to a specific piece of news that is good. The definite article “the” indicates that this isn’t just any good news, but a particular piece of good news that is relevant to the context of the conversation. The speaker assumes that the listener is aware of this piece of news or will understand its relevance once it’s revealed.

So, “the good news” becomes a noun phrase where “good” is an adjective describing the noun “news”, and “the” is the definite article specifying which news we’re talking about. The full sentence “The good news is that we are all on the same team” then reveals what that specific good news is.

This construction can be used with many different adjectives and nouns to specify or highlight particular instances of a general category. For example, “the important thing”, “the big problem”, “the beautiful view”, and so on. In each case, the definite article “the” works with the adjective to pick out one specific thing from all the possible things that could be described by the noun.

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the _JJ _NN

1 THE OTHER HAND 459204
2 THE BEST WAY 361919

3 THE ONLY WAY 263862

That is the only way to avoid the noise disturbing me.

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4 THE OTHER SIDE 258462 B1

He‘s on the other side of this wall.

5 THE ONLY THING 254602 6 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 166570

7 THE GOOD NEWS 131148

Well, the good news is that we are all on the same team.

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8 THE VAST MAJORITY 129230 9 THE SUPREME COURT 124427 10 THE HOLY SPIRIT 119907

11 THE WHOLE THING 116934 B2

The whole thing is like some great nightmare.

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12 THE RIGHT SIDE 114496 13 THE PAST YEAR 113291 14 THE BEST THING 112502 15 THE LONG RUN 106270

16 THE LEFT SIDE 103442

17 THE OTHER DAY 101049 18 THE UNITED NATIONS 99200 19 THE BEST PART 99124

20 THE NEAR FUTURE 98772

21 THE REAL WORLD 97259 22 THE OTHER END 90389 23 THE LONG TERM 87908

24 THE BOTTOM LINE 85866

25 THE EUROPEAN UNION 85123 26 THE GENERAL PUBLIC 84660 27 THE RIGHT THING 83419 28 THE NEW YEAR 81545

29 THE HIGHEST QUALITY 81253

30 THE OTHER WAY 80960 31 THE RIGHT DIRECTION 79607 32 THE RIGHT TIME 77016 33 THE TOTAL NUMBER 76130 34 THE EASIEST WAY 74032 35 THE CIVIL WAR 69949 36 THE RIGHT WAY 69850 37 THE RIGHT PLACE 69525

38 THE LATEST VERSION 68841

39 THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 66496

40 THE ONLY REASON 64935

41 THE PRIME MINISTER 63599 42 THE NEW TESTAMENT 63525

43 THE FOLLOWING YEAR 61652 B1 time phrase in the English Vocabulary Profile

The following year, Kirby Kyle was run over by a truck and killed.

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44 THE PREMIER LEAGUE 60693 45 THE SOVIET UNION 59616

46 THE BEST WAYS 59457

47 THE HUMAN BODY 59151 48 THE BEST TIME 58674 49 THE PAST DECADE 58605 50 THE OLD TESTAMENT 57199

51 THE HIGHEST LEVEL 56944

52 THE MAIN REASON 56412
53 THE WHOLE FAMILY 56252
54 THE RIGHT HAND 54243

55 THE REAL ESTATE 52766

56 THE HARD WORK 51380 57 THE PRIVATE SECTOR 51301 58 THE PREVIOUS YEAR 51104 59 THE ONLY TIME 50318

60 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 50193

61 THE BEST OPTION 49658

62 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION 48831

63 THE HIGH SCHOOL 48529
64 THE WHOLE WORLD 48140 65 THE OTHER PERSON 47579 66 THE EARLY DAYS 47434

67 THE FRONT DOOR 46185

68 THE REGULAR SEASON 45872 69 THE RIGHT AMOUNT 45270

70 THE FOLLOWING DAY 45201

71 THE ONLY ONES 44864 72 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 44762 73 THE ONLY PROBLEM 44600

74 THE PERFECT PLACE 43421

75 THE LEFT HAND 43314 76 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 42479 77 THE TOTAL AMOUNT 40902 78 THE SHORT TERM 40687 79 THE LOCAL COMMUNITY 40668

80 THE WHOLE TIME 40373

81 THE PAST COUPLE 40001 82 THE ONLY PERSON 39831 83 THE GOOD WORK 39823

84 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 39501

85 THE VERY BEGINNING 39252 86 THE COMING MONTHS 38999 87 THE COLD WAR 38980

88 THE ONLY DIFFERENCE 38969

89 THE WHOLE PROCESS 38225
90 THE EARLY STAGES 38150 91 THE NEW WORLD 37899 92 THE SOCIAL MEDIA 37273 93 THE BEST CHOICE 36987 94 THE OTHER HALF 36602 95 THE BEST RESULTS 35911 96 THE ARMED FORCES 35547 97 THE COMING WEEKS 35221 98 THE NEW VERSION 34454

99 THE OPPOSITE SIDE 34303

100 THE DIFFERENT TYPES 34288

The vocabulary above profiled by text inspector:

C1 example:

We are here, so the working class can have more power!

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