_The horse_ or _the horses_ must be turned into _the lot_. Here _the_
before _horse_ distinguishes a certain animal, and the before horses
distinguishes certain animals, from others of the same class; and _the_
before _lot_ distinguishes the field from the yard or the stable--things in
other classes. _The horse_ is a noble animal. Here _the_ distinguishes
_this class_ of animals from other classes. But we cannot say, _The man_
(meaning the race) is mortal, _The anger_ is a short madness, _The truth_
is eternal, _The poetry_ and _the painting_ are fine arts, because _man,
anger, truth, poetry,_ and _painting_ are used in their widest sense, and
name things that are sufficiently distinguished without _the_.
+Direction.+--_Study the Caution as explained, and correct these errors_:--
1. This is another kind of a sentence.
2. Churchill received the title of a duke.
3. A _hill_ is from the same root as _column_.
4. Dog is a quadruped.
5. I expected some such an offer.
6. The woman is the equal of man.
7. The sculpture is a fine art.
8. Unicorn is kind of a rhinoceros.
9. Oak is harder than the maple.
+Caution.+--Use _an_, _a_, or _the_ before _each_ of two or more connected
adjectives, when these adjectives modify different nouns, expressed or
understood; but, when they modify the same noun, the article should not be
repeated.
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