Definite articles needed in these sentences?

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0Is it a must to have the underlined definite articles placed in the sentences below?  Could you comment on why or why not?  Also in 2 & 3, assuming the answer is "yes," must they be capitalized?02br02br001. Come to Seoul, a city where 01u00the02u00 old meets 01u00the02u00 new. (This is a tourism organization's motto referring to old and new cultures).02br02br002. Please send your advertisement to 01u00the02u00 Korea Times, Chicago branch at the address shown below.02br02br003. I belong to 01u00the02u00 Korean-American Scientists Association.02br02br00Thanks in advance.0-

Davkett · Accepted Answer

0I'm not a grammarian, but I believe that 'the' in no.2 is unnecessary, unless the name of the [newspaper?] is 01i00The Korea Times02i00. In addition, it seems the instruction in no.2 is unclear as written: is the mailing address 'Korea Times, Chicago branch' (at the address below), or 'Korea Times' (Chicago branch at the address below)?02br
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00I would tend to keep 'the' in no.3, but capitalized only if the name of the organization was 01i00The Korean-American Scientists Association. 02i00If the name of the organization was 01i00Korean-American Scientists02i00, I'd write, 'I am a member of 01i00Korean-American Scientists02i00'.0-

Danyoo · Answer

0Thanks a lot davkett. I still have some more questions though.02br
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00Now if you were naming the Korean-American organization, would you name it The Korean-American Scientists Association or just Korean-American Scientists Association? Which one sounds more natural?02br
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00As far as (the) Korea Times, yes it is the name of the newspaper. But I've seen it written both ways, with and without "the." But most, if not all, of the newspapers in the U.S. include "the" as part of the name as in "the New York Times" or the "the LA Times," I believe. Is there a reason? Plus you don't have to capitalize it, right?02br
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00And how about the United States of America? You don't have to capitalize "the" here, but isn't it part of the name???0-

Davkett · Answer

0If 'the' is part of the name, it is capitalized; but I'm not convinced that most newspapers have 'the' as part of their name.02br
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00In naming the organization 'Korean-American Scientists Association', the acronym would be KASA. With 'The' in the name, I suppose it would have to be an unpronounceable TKASA.02br
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00I think, in speaking, it sounds more natural to say 'the' before any named organization that doesn't have 'the' in the official name. The implication in saying 01i00the02i00 is 'the organization called' [KASA].02br
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00As for 'the United States of America', we always see the abbreviation-- 'the USA' (not 'The USA').0-

Danyoo · Answer

0 Thanks a lot davkett for your very helpful answers!!! 0-

Anonymous · Answer

0Hi,02br
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00Let me squeeze in and ask, "why a public organization with a known name like Immigration and Naturalization Service (I.N.S.) would have "the" in front when starting an article?02br
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00Starting an article -02br
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01u00The Immigration and Naturalization Service02u00 will institute some new measures to curb illegal entrants.02br
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00The name of this public entity is I.N.S., not "the I.N.S." but why "the " in front when starting an article? 0-

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