Glen Leslie
Glen Leslie, Alberta is an unincorporated locality in northwest Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It is approximately east of Grande Prairie Grande Prairie is a city in northwest Alberta, Canada within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country. It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 (part of the CANAMEX Corridor) and Highway 40 (the Bighorn Highway), a ..., south of Highway 43 on Highway 670. Originally established as a post office, it was named after the Thomas Leslie family. In 1912, Tom Leslie, his sons and three other men traveled with horse and wagon from Edmonton, over the Edson trail, to Bezanson to file homesteads in the district. The Leslie home became the Glen Leslie store and post office July 1, 1914. The postmaster was Thomas Leslie. The home also became a stopping place for travelers and for church services. In 1915, a log church was built a mile east of the post office. Work was completed that fall an ...
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The First Class At Somme School,1918
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ...
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