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In a sentence, e.g. the decline and fall I should not use "the" article twice. What is the exact name of the rule? Thank everybody in advance.
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You can say 'the decline and the fall' if you like, but this particular phrase is so highly collocated (originally from the title of the book by Edward Gibbon) that it is almost a fixed phrase without the 2nd 'the'. ) article can usually be optionally omitted in a series of nouns by convention.
- You can say 'the decline and the fall' if you like, but this particular phrase is so highly collocated (originally from the title of the book by Edward Gibbon) that it is almost a fixed phrase without the 2nd 'the'.
- ) article can usually be optionally omitted in a series of nouns by convention.
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You can say 'the decline and the fall' if you like, but this particular phrase is so highly collocated (originally from the title of the book by Edward Gibbon) that it is almost a fixed phrase without the 2nd 'the'.
The second (and third, etc.) article can usually be optionally omitted in a series of nouns by convention.
The second (and third, etc.) article can usually be optionally omitted in a series of nouns by convention.
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