如果表示特指加,否则不加

如:

I took the advice given by my teacher.

He brought us information about the incident. 

Information看成非确定特指

Information about someone or something consists of facts about them.

He is the man who can speak five languages. 

这是单数名词的例子。复数名词也是如此。

They are all students from Shanghai. 

定冠词的基本用法:

①特指可用于各类名词,包括物质名词、抽象名词及专有名词。

如:I own a dog.The dog is brown。

②与可数名词单数及某些形容词、分词连用,表示类别。

如:Bell  invented the telephone.

The rich get richer,and the poorvget children。

③用于表示民族、阶级、党派的名词前。如:

The Chinese is a great  people in the world.

④表示世界上独一无二的事物,名词前用定冠词。

如:The earth runs around the sun

抽象名词前面加the吗

抽象名词就是不可数名词,不可数名词前面不能加a,an,但根据需要可加the冠词:

Life is hard.

The life that I'm living is hard。