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Until I read a whole (long) article dedicated to the word “the” itself, it never would have occurred to me how important it is.  The example given of its important was comparing “she scored a goal” to “she scored the goal”.

Words in the English language have one of two purposes: either having a meaning, or being a functional word like ‘the’, or ‘for’.  Functional words are descriptive, without being an adjective.

I’m not a grammar specialist, but understanding basic rules certainly helps with business writing.  But I wouldn’t have predicted that I’d find an article about “the” so interesting.