4.The first noun's article is dropped when a noun is being modified by another noun. |
5. We don't usually use "the" after both. |
examples: -Both (the) cities are very beautiful. |
and we sometimes leave out "the" between 'all' and a number. -All (the) four kittens were left behind. |
We sometimes don't put 'the' after 'all' like - all time,all day, all night,all month,all year, etc. |
examples: We had the booth camp all night. We haven't talked all day. |
6.We don't usually put articles like a/an after kind of,sort of, and type of,etc. examples: -What type of shirt are you wearing? -Have you seen the kind of contact lens she was wearing? |
7."The" is not used after "the amount/number of". examples: -I was shock at the number of guest he have today. -They didn't told us the amount of the check. |
8.man and woman can be used as a general sense and we may put no articles into it. examples: -They say that man can't leave alone. -One way to a men's heart is through his stomach. -Women always love to cook food. |
9.We don't use "the" when we mean 'the day/month before or after. I will call you on Friday. We will have a vacation this weekend. |