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  • Explain the difference: a. I don't know how to talk to children. b. I don't know how to talk to the children.
    Sentence a tells that the person cannot talk to children in general, sentence b tells that the speaker doesn’t know how to talk to some specific children
  • Explain the difference: a. I'd like a coffee please. b. I don't drink coffee.
    Sentence b refers to coffee as uncountable noun, sentence a implies that the speaker wants a cup of coffee.
  • Explain the difference: a. Money can't buy happiness. b. I put the money on the table.
    Sentence a talks about money in general, sentence b talks about some specific sum of money everyone knows about.
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