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Why adding the article “the” when it is not needed?

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2 1 There are many sentences, most are titles, that have the before nouns when they seem okay without it. I assume it is added to over-define them but not very sure. Here is a title that uses "the" excessively: GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE "People" by itself is defined and doesn't need an article. And here is another title that has the same issue: About the Java Technology So, why it is added? sentence-construction usage definite-article share | improve this question asked Mar 5 at 17:13 Tasneem Zh Tasneem Zh 708 1 17 ...