Note 2 — Section 3. THE ACTION[1] OF[2] WATER.
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Use the gen. of the def. art. The definite article is always required before nouns representing the whole of a given class, and before abstract nouns taken in a general sense.
Return to Section 3. THE ACTION[1] OF[2] WATER.Return to Section 18. GIVE[1] THE HONOUR TO GOD ALONE.Return to Section 20. ON THE CHOICE OF BOOKS[1].Return to Section 31. FORMATION OF A CORAL-ISLAND. II.Return to Section 54. BARLEY (S. 3, N. 2).Return to Section 54. BARLEY (S. 3, N. 2).Return to Section 82. THE NECESSITY OF[1] VOLCANOES.Return to Section 95. ANGLO[1]-SAXON DRESS.Return to Section 98. THE LOST CHILD FOUND[1]. I.Return to Section 104. THE DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848. IV.Return to Section 108. EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER[1].Return to Section 111. GOETHE’S DEATH. II.Return to Section 112. ON TRAVELLING (S. 3, N. 2).Return to Section 117. THE BLESSEDNESS[1] OF FRIENDSHIP. I.Return to Section 118. THE BLESSEDNESS OF FRIENDSHIP. II.Return to Section 121. THE STATE[1] OF IRELAND. (Conclusion of a Speech delivered[2] in the House of Commons in March 1868.) I.Return to Section 125. DR. GUTHRIE ON RAGGED SCHOOLS. III.Return to Section 131. GOETHE’S DAILY LIFE AT WEIMAR. III.Return to Section 135. THE GOSPEL OF WORK. II.Return to Section 140. HERO WORSHIP[1]. I.Return to Section 144. JAMES WATT AND THE STEAM-ENGINE. III.Return to Section 156. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE[1]. I.Return to Section 158. THE WARLIKE CHARACTER OF THE GERMANS.Return to Section 160. OPINIONS[1] AS TO ENGLISH EDUCATION. I.Return to Section 167. RUSSIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BANISHMENT. III.Return to Section 185. REBECCA DESCRIBES THE SIEGE OF TORQUILSTONE TO THE WOUNDED IVANHOE. III.Return to Section 186. REBECCA DESCRIBES THE SIEGE OF TORQUILSTONE TO THE WOUNDED IVANHOE. IV.Return to Section 193. TELEGRAPHY (S. 3, N. 2) AMONG BIRDS.Return to Section 194. THE HANSE[1]. I.Return to Section 209. A FRIEND IN NEED (S. 3, N. 2). I.Return to Section 219. THE BURNING OF MOSCOW. III.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.