3 Facts about The - English In A Minute

Hi, I'm Phil from BBC Learning English.

I'm going to tell you three facts about 'the'.

We use 'the' when referring to a specific thing

and both you and the person you're talking

to know which one you mean. Please pass me

the milk.

We can see the bottle so we know

it's that one. Number 2... We don't use 'the' when we're talking about something

in general. For example, I love chocolate.

Number 3...

We don't use 'the' when it doesn't matter which

thing we're talking about.

We usually use 'a' or 'an', here. Give me a cup

of tea, I don't care which cup,

any cup will do.