Question regarding the usage of "the" Recently I noticed that one of my foreign friends who is studying English is struggling with the usage of "the". An example of a mistake she makes is "I like to study the English too because it is fun!". I told her she could omit the "the" but I wasn't exactly able to explain why. Her reasoning is that the noun 'English' is a specific subject she is stating she enjoys which is why she puts "the" before it. Can someone explain this case and if there is perhaps an English rule she can follow to know when to use "the"?