| 11. | However, in common usage, the name always takes a definite article.
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| 12. | It is usually referred to by using the definite article : the Waikato.
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| 13. | The definite article agrees with its associated noun in number, gender and case.
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| 14. | I think the ? here is the feminine form of the definite article.
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| 15. | However, a vowel-initial word is not affected after the definite article.
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| 16. | :The first rule is to throw away the definite article prefix when alphabetizing.
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| 17. | There is no indefinite article or definite article ( the, a, an ).
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| 18. | As noted above, they indicate definiteness, like the definite article " the ".
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| 19. | Only the last noun in a genitive sequence can take the definite article.
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| 20. | The definite article " le " is invariable, as in English.
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