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Article "a" or "the" ?

carolgreen876

American Samoa

Hi everybody!

Why do we always use an indefinite article “a” before the word lie while necessarily definite article “the” before the word truth?
Thanks a million!

12:57 AM Aug 17 2012 |

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tiffintime

Sri Lanka

In English, nouns can be countable or uncountable, or they can be both with a difference in meaning for each type. ‘Lie’ is countable, while ‘truth’ is an uncountable noun. ‘Truth’ can be countable in certain English phrases, such as ‘home truths’.  For example: The boss told him a few home truths about his shoddy work, and she wanted him to improve his work performance over the next few weeks.

10:10 AM Sep 06 2012 |