query: Can we use "the" (definite article) with nouns to refer to a group of that name?
positive_passages.docid: 145695
positive_passages.text: Usage of English definite article when referring to generic word
negative_passages.docid: 37902
negative_passages.text: Usage of definite article
negative_passages.docid: 136482
negative_passages.text: Use of definite article referring to figures and tables
negative_passages.docid: 8385
negative_passages.text: Articles: When do I use "a", "the", or "__"?
negative_passages.docid: 98007
negative_passages.text: Can I use "that" instead of "who"?
negative_passages.docid: 1601
negative_passages.text: Do you pluralize the singular possessions of / items or people associated with individual members of a plural group?
negative_passages.docid: 125076
negative_passages.text: Which article to use: 'the' or 'a'
negative_passages.docid: 42705
negative_passages.text: Is "singular they" widely used?
negative_passages.docid: 98642
negative_passages.text: Two possessive nouns in a row
negative_passages.docid: 7532
negative_passages.text: About definite article before "Earth", "Moon" and "Sun"
negative_passages.docid: 112908
negative_passages.text: Is a music band a singular or a collective entity, grammatically speaking?
negative_passages.docid: 2791
negative_passages.text: Using the definite article before a country/state name
negative_passages.docid: 47590
negative_passages.text: Conjugating verbs for nouns referring to groups of people
negative_passages.docid: 33432
negative_passages.text: Using article "the" with famous places?
negative_passages.docid: 106530
negative_passages.text: On the usage of "the" article with acronyms and initialisms
negative_passages.docid: 84088
negative_passages.text: Is referring to a specific definite person of KNOWN gender as "they" acceptable?
negative_passages.docid: 78806
negative_passages.text: articles with the possessive nouns in the plural