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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Day one vs. the day one
This is day one of making the music video of ABC.
This is the day one of making the music video of ABC.
1. Which is grammatical above?
2. If both are grammatical, what is the difference in meaning?
3. Which is natural?
This is the day one of making the music video of ABC.
1. Which is grammatical above?
2. If both are grammatical, what is the difference in meaning?
3. Which is natural?
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This is day one or This is the first day
- This is day one or This is the first day
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"day one", like similar expressions ("page 12", "chapter 10"), are already definite, just like proper nouns ("James", "Fred", "President Obama", "Mrs. Johnson"). That is, there is no question of which day one, which page 12, or which President Obama, because we already know there is only one of each.
Don't add "the" to any of these kinds of expressions.
Don't add "the" to any of these kinds of expressions.
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