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I often wondered the use the in certain specific noun. Rule is if an item is unique use "the", as in the Sun , the moon, etc. Then why it is not used in the case of God.? There may be other similar omissions.
  

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[nq:1]I often wondered the use the in certain specific noun. Rule is if an item is unique use "the", as in the Sun , the moon, etc. Then why it is not used in the case of ***.?

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  • [nq:1]I often wondered the use the in certain specific noun.
  • Rule is if an item is unique use "the", as in the Sun , the moon, etc.
  • Then why it is not used in the case of ***.?
  • [/nq] Very few rules of English don't have exceptions.
  • " In fact, "the *** of aa" occurs 227 times in English translations of the Jewish Bible.
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[nq:1]I often wondered the use the in certain specific noun. Rule is if an item is unique use "the", as in the Sun , the moon, etc. Then why it is not used in the case of ***.? There may be other similar omissions.[/nq]
Very few rules of English don't have exceptions.
And "the" is used with *** sometimes, as in "The *** of our fathers..." In fact, "the *** of aa" occurs 227 times in Englis
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Thanks. This helps.It looks like ***, I mean the Ominipotent, ominiscent, ..***, used as a name; or as I sometimes think may be because though he is unique, he is not known what exactly is? The mostly used when both reader and the writer knows very well who they were talking about?
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[nq:1]Thanks. This helps.It looks like ***, I mean the Ominipotent, ominiscent, ..***, used as a name; or as I sometimes ... what exactly is? The mostly used when both reader and the writer knows very well who they were talking about?[/nq]
Consider other terms which are used without "the": "Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins." "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." "Nature abhors a vacuum.
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[nq:1]Consider other terms which are used without "the": "Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins."[/nq]
If someone said "The Sloth", one might thing it referred to the animal.
[nq:1]The biggest mall in the United States, located in Bloomington, Minnesota, is called "the Mall of America" by many people who live around here. The owners of the mall itself prefer to refer to it as "Mall of Amer
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[nq:1]Thanks. This helps.It looks like ***, I mean the Ominipotent, ominiscent, ..***, used as a name; or as I sometimes ... what exactly is? The mostly used when both reader and the writer knows very well who they were talking about?[/nq]
The writer and the intended reader, at least.
[nq:2]Very few rules of English don't have exceptions. And "the" ... Like one would say, Steve spoke to Bo
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[nq:1]Many people my age can remember when we said "Smokey the Bear" for the USDA Forest Service mascot. That was changed to "Smokey Bear" many years ago.[/nq]
What gets me is that the Forest Service, or some group, claims he was always Smokey Bear, and never Smokey the Bear. Are they on drugs or what?
BTW, what's Smokey the Bear's middle name?
It's "the".
Why would have we told th
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[nq:2]Many people my age can remember when we said "Smokey ... mascot. That was changed to "Smokey Bear" many years ago.[/nq]
[nq:1]What gets me is that the Forest Service, or some group, claims he was always Smokey Bear, and never Smokey ... Forest Service. "Smokey the Bear says 'Only you can prevent forest fires.'" He'll always be Smokey the Bear to me.[/nq]
And to me too
A great jok
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