All the communication vs the communication

These are correct phrases in English, but they'd be used in somewhat different contexts. 'All the communication' implies a comprehensive or complete set of communication, while 'the communication' refers to a specific instance or type of communication.

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All the communication

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a comprehensive or complete set of communication.

This phrase is used when referring to every piece or type of communication that has occurred or will occur in a given context.

Examples:

I reviewed all the communication between the two parties before making a decision.
All the communication channels were open during the crisis.

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All the communication maintained with the customer is available, saved and archived for the whole length of the retention period in the Customer Service management tools.
And within that binder were notes from a company based in Germany which had sold the Egyptian government a set of tools for intercepting - and in very large scale - all the communication of the citizens of the country.
Logging all the communication into a file, to make debugging easier.
Pores like these conduct electrical current and are responsible for all the communication in the nervous system.
Here is all the communication, including pictures and e-mails exchanged between you and Judy Lynn, using an Internet dating website
First of all the communication hasn't to be predictable.
The digitization has involved all the communication systems in a sort of Digital revolution.
Site that allows to connect to any URL and see all the communication details.
Apotema Group's policy is to achieve all the communication objectives you previously fixed, evaluating your real needs in collaboration with your managers.
At the present time, we have a society comprising many institutions and using all the communication technologies developed over the past millennia.
The 1 Wire protocol is provided of all the communication tecniques that allow an high transfer rate and a big security on data validity.
DCP communicates with Modbus RS485 network; all the communication parameters (address, baud rate, stop bits, parity bits) can be programmed.
So if I'm right about the microwaves being their carrier frequency, then this should blast the strigoi with white noise, and drown out all the communication it's getting.
all the communication functions and the available transmission protocols available in one library
Kind of how the government hired you to handle all the communication to the dome.
In spite of all the communication media that are available nowadays, numerous innovations were presented for the first time at the trade fair, which makes GIFA an indispensable event, quite apart from the personal contacts to customers that are possible there.
We will have to inform, yes. We will give all the necessary information in all the languages and with all the communication means.
I'm responsible for all of the design and production process of our Etsy shop, trendyknitting, and she is responsible of all the communication and listing process on Etsy, since I'm not so good in English.

Alternatives:

every communication
each communication
the entire communication
the complete communication
the full communication

the communication

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a specific instance or type of communication.

This phrase is used when referring to a particular communication event or a specific type of communication in a given context.