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the1 (in the most) definite article Most.

1814 Hartsell Journal 103 [T]he most of the men was melted into teeres under the sermont. 1922 TN Civil War Ques 9 The most of the schools was privat scools. 1939 Hall Coll (Gatlinburg TN) I always made the feathers fly, but the trouble was the meat went with it the most of the time. 1973 GSMNP-4:1:21 I think that's where the most of the trouble came from was the people coming in there from them logging companies. 1989 Landry Smoky Mt Interviews 194 Old man Sparks, he spent the most of his life on that mountain.

the2 definite article used in place names.

1863 Reese CW Letters (Jan 13) I found John hier at the straw berry plains 15 miles from knoxville. 1915 Hall Autobiog Claib Jones 28 We reached Beech mountain, stayed all night with an old sager. We laid in our bread and hired him and his horse to take us to the Beech mountain. 1937 Hall Coll (Cosby TN) People was beginnin’ to settle the Smoky ... That happened afore I left the Smoky. 1969 Burton-Manning Coll 93A I come from Bakersville, North Carolina, up above the Roan Mountain. 1991 Thomas Sthn Appal 103 From there, ye go up, an’ ye cross th’ stone Mount’n, down over in over to Beaver Dam country.

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