Knowledge Bomb
Trivia question for the grammar nerds: When is “the” not an article?
When it is an adverb, as in the following:
- The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
- …and no one will be (none) the wiser.
- Raynor really is a weirdo, the more I think about it.
The usage requires a comparative, that is an adjective/adverb modified by more or the affix -er.
[NB: This has been in my drafts folder for a while. I’m not sure where I meant to take this point or why I meant to wrinkle your brains.]
