we use the pronounciation 'thee' whenever the word after 'the' has the first letter as a vowel
for example.....for 'thee use' of clothes,,,,,in this case we say 'thee'because the letteruis a vowel in the word 'use'
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Maleah Gale answered this
"The" is an article while "Thee" is an old pronoun which translates to "You"...they are two completely separate and uninterchangeable things.
However if you are referring to the PRONUNCIATION of the article, "The", which can be pronounced "THUH" OR "THEE", then grammatically speaking this is the correct usage: Use "THUH" when it precedes a word starting with a CONSONANT ("The computer"). Use "THEE" for words starting with a vowel ("The insect").