Sprinkle the salt on my orange pieces.

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi teachers,

She has her husband under her control. Correct?

Sprinkle the salt on my orange pieces. Correct?

Many thanks in advance.

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She has her husband under her control. = possible, but could be improved:
Her husband is under her control.
She has control over her husband.
She has her husband under control.

Sprinkle the salt on my orange pieces. - Do you mean orange segments? Do you really mean ‘salt’? I know that there is a wide variety of ways in which food can be prepared, and I’m no culinary expert, but I can’t imagine anyone wanting to add salt to oranges.
Sprinkle the salt on the segments of orange.
Sprinkle the salt on my orange segments.

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Thank you, BN.

Sprinkle the salt on the segments of orange. Can we use “the” before “orange”?

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Yes, but there is no need.

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It’s really not necessary at all because the definite article is already.used before ‘segments’. And to say ‘the segments of the orange’ is too much of a good thing!

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Thank you, BN and Alan.