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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Articles with general+proper nouns
Do we use the definite article in pharses like
(the) poet Byron?
(the) slave Kolomon? (that's my case - a khan asks for his slave to be sent to him, so he says, "Send (the) slave Kolomon to me".
Is that usable at all? I just doubt that variant like "Kolomon the Slave" are OK in every context.
(the) poet Byron?
(the) slave Kolomon? (that's my case - a khan asks for his slave to be sent to him, so he says, "Send (the) slave Kolomon to me".
Is that usable at all? I just doubt that variant like "Kolomon the Slave" are OK in every context.
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(the) slave Kolomon? Yes. The article is required before the nouns "slave" and "poet".
- (the) slave Kolomon?
- Yes.
- The article is required before the nouns "slave" and "poet".
- The proper name further defines which slave or poet you are speaking about, and is in apposition.
- org/wiki/Apposition
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AnonymousDo we use the definite article in phrases like(the) poet Byron?(the) slave Kolomon?Yes. The article is required before the nouns "slave" and "poet". The proper name further defines which slave or poet you are speaking about, and is in apposition. Other common examples
My friend Bob
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