Quote Originally Posted by rockzmom View Post
Timon,
Looking at your example, "the" is used in the 1st sentence, so it is not needed in part "b" as it is implied. It could be there. It is simply a style choice by the lawyer.
I did not take the sentence with "the" from another text but from the same one with no article. And you can see that it is the solid paragraph. So the author's style is quite changeable

Does someone have a tip that could help distinguish a mistake from an author’s style.

P.S. Thank you rockzmom
P.S.2. Thank you chaika, that thread is mine