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Tara2 Posted 7 years ago
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Earth /the earth
Why is it "on earth" not "on the earth"?
"The first people lived on earth about seven million years ago."
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Tara2 Why is it "on earth" not "on the earth"? You can do it either way. If a writer omits "the", he's probably thinking of "earth" as if it's the proper name of our planet but without capitalizing it.
- Tara2 Why is it "on earth" not "on the earth"?
- You can do it either way.
- If a writer omits "the", he's probably thinking of "earth" as if it's the proper name of our planet but without capitalizing it.
- CJ
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Tara2Why is it "on earth" not "on the earth"?
You can do it either way. If a writer omits "the", he's probably thinking of "earth" as if it's the proper name of our planet but without capitalizing it.
CJ
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