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&lt;font color=red&gt;DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here.  Post them in our &lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3715.30106)</generator><item><title>Re: Winter/the Winter</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WinterTheWinter/dpbb/post.htm#19135</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 22:46:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:19135</guid><dc:creator>suzi</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WinterTheWinter/dpbb/post.htm#19135</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-19135.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>As a native speaker I'm not sensitive to much difference between them, tho OrujoV's idea sounds reasonable!</description></item><item><title>Re: Winter/the Winter</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WinterTheWinter/dpbb/post.htm#19124</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:46:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:19124</guid><dc:creator>OrujoV</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WinterTheWinter/dpbb/post.htm#19124</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-19124.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Yes, I think there`s diffrenece between them, but it`s not so big actually! ) In my opinion you can say "the winter" if you are talking of a particular situation, but if you`re saying that in general, you don`t need to say "the". For example:  1) I`ll go to my grandparents` in the winter ( it means this winter or may be the listener knows what time you will go there exactly)  2) I like to go to my grandparents` in winter ( in general, you like to go there in winter seasons)  This was my opinion,and I hope you`ll find it useful!</description></item><item><title>Winter/the Winter</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WinterTheWinter/dpbb/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:46:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:19092</guid><dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WinterTheWinter/dpbb/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-19092.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Is there a difference between "...in Winter" and "...in the Winter"?  More importantly: is "in the Winter" even correct English?</description></item></channel></rss>