difference between THE and THESE usage in a sentence

[Victoria Louise]

Hello, I'm a new member in this forum. I'm a student and a part time online English teacher for Asians and I need help for this. Please help me.

Which is correct?
A.) I usually use a subway and a bus because I can access THE types of transportation anywhere easily.
B.) I usually use a subway and a bus because I can access THESE types of transportation anywhere easily.

I preferred using letter B but grammar rule for article "THE" says that the second mention of a subject or noun is already definite. Is it also possible to use "
THESE"?

THanks -Victoria[/b]

[Dozy]

I prefer "these". In fact, "the" does not really sound right to me here.

"a subway and a bus" does not really sound right to me either. I would say "the subway and the bus".

[Alan]

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Victoria Louise

I don't know why you have asked the same question twice when you have already been given a reply but since you have, I could add some more information. You would use 'the' with subway/ bus because you are referring to both types of transportation that are available and there for you. In the second sentence after 'because' the use of the definite article 'the' does not refer back to the two types of transportation in the first sentence. If you want to use 'the' in that second sentence, you would have to define 'types' with a further sentence as in: because I can access the types of transportation that are near where I live.

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[Victoria Louise]

Thank you very much Mr. Allan~

I'm sorry about the duplication anyway