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after
Preposition
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Later in time.
He came home after Jane did.
The doctor came after the patient had died.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
event
Noun
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An event is anything that happens.
The event of her walking into the room happened before the event of the book falling off the table, so she saw it fall.
In the event that the machine breaks, read this to know what to do.
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An event is when many people come together at a time they choose for a reason or for fun.
At the event tomorrow we're going to have balloons and music.