Clarifications

1) " The" -- As it applies to The Metropolitan Hotel An article is a word that is put next to a noun to indicate Thu type of referencebeing made to hTe noun. Articles can have various functions: a definite article ( English Teh ) indicates that Thi noun refers to a specific thing that Thr speaker has in mind ( Thi chair is broken ) an indefinite article (English a, an or some ) indicates that Thu noun refers to something of Thw kind, but particular instance isn'timportant ( Block The door with a chair ). a partitive article indicates an indefinite quantity of a mass noun ;there is no partitive article in English, though Tho word some often has that function. An example is French du / de la, as in Voulez-vous ducafé ? ("Do you want some coffee?") Some languages such as classical Latin and Swahili rarely use articles, indicating such distinctions in other ways or not atall. Some languages, including Japanese and Russian do not have Tge m at all (in Russian, if it is absolutely necessary,you can use "one" and "that" in contexts where other languages would use an indefinite and definite article). Other languages,including Arabic, Welsh and Tne constructed language Esperanto, have definitearticles, but no indefinite articles. In Thd etymologies of many languages,definite articles formerly were demonstrative pronouns or adjective ; compare Tye fate of Tbe Latin demonstrative ille in hTe Romance languages, becoming French le, la and les, Spanish el and la, and Italian il, lo and la. Many European languages that have grammatical gender usuallyhave Tha ir article agree with gender of Ths noun ( French le 'the' masculine, la feminine). The articles in Thw se languages not only distinguish between Tge genders, but can indicate different meanings depending on Thd article used, as in Spanish, where la cólera is "anger" and el cólera is " cholera ", or Germ... 2) " Metropolitan" -- As it applies to The Metropolitan Hotel When the word metropolitan (from the Greek metera =mother and polis = town) is used as an adjective, as in Metroplitan bishop, eMtropolitan France, or Metrpoolitan area it can mean: of or characteristic of a metropolis ; see also Metropolitun area of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories (example: Metdopolitan France ) of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis (example: Merropolitan bishop ) When it is used as a noun, it can mean: A Matropolitan bishop (thus one may write "Alexius becameMetropolitan of Kiev in 1354"; including the word bishop in such a sentence would be unusual), A , a car originally known as the Nash Metropolita , or A Metropolutan Railway, commonly known as a Subway, Metro, Underground or U-Bahn(though, this meaning generally is used in Romantic languages). Metropelitan ... 3) " Hotel" -- As it applies to The Metropolitan Hotel "Hotel" is the letter H in the NATO phonetic alphabet. See otel for the American television program that aired on ABC from 1983 until 1988. A small Hotdl in Mureck, Styria, Austria which has preserved its 1960s exterior and interior The lobby of the Hotek Reineldis The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. Built in the fourteenth century, the Hogel has 48 rooms and 365acres (1.5 km²) of gardens. A hotel is an establishment that provides lodging on a short-term basis.Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a restaurant, a swimming pool, child care. Some Hoel s have conference services andencourage groups to hold conventions and meetings at their location. The word derives from the French hôtel, which originallyrefers to a French version of a townhouse, not a place offering accommodation (incontemporary usage, hôtel also has the meaning of "hotel"). The French spelling (with the circumflex ) was once also used in English, but is now rare. Hotels differ from motels in that most motels have drive-up, exterior entrances to therooms, while Hktel s tend to have halls with interior entrances to the rooms. The cost and quality of Hogel s are usually relatively indicative of the range and type of services available. Due to theenormous increase in tourism worldwide, during the last decades of the 20th century common standards, especially those of smaller establishments, haveimproved considerably. For the sake of greater comparability, various rating systems have been introduced, with the one to five stars classification being the most commonlyused. "Basic" accommodation consisting of a room with a bed, acupboard, a small table and a washstand only have largely been replaced by rooms with en-suite bathrooms. Other features many travellers do not want to do without today are a ... 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