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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

I saw [the] Jim Carrey yesterday.

A: I really love Jim Carrey.
B: I saw the Jim Carrey yesterday.

I'd like to know if I can use a definite article before the name of the celebrity after someone said of a celebrity.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon I'd like to know if I can use a the definite article before the name of the a celebrity after someone said of a celebrity. mentions their name. No, do not use the definite article there.

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  • park sang joon I'd like to know if I can use a the definite article before the name of the a celebrity after someone said of a celebrity.
  • mentions their name.
  • No, do not use the definite article there.
  • " In this case, "the" is needed because "show" is a singular countable noun.
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park sang joon I'd like to know if I can use a the definite article before the name of the a celebrity after someone said of a celebrity. mentions their name.
No, do not use the definite article there.

Note: "I saw the David Letterman Show yesterday."
In this case, "the" is
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In this context, no, absolutely not.

There are some rare situations when you can do it. For example:

I love the Jim Carrey of the 80s.

Here you're saying that you love Jim Carrey as he appeared in the 80s. You can do the same with countries. But in such cases the name is invariably followed by "of".
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You can also say
eg I have met 10 guys called Jim Carrey, but I have never met the Jim Carrey.

Here the phrase means 'the famous Jim Carrey, the Jim Carrey that we all know about'.

Clive
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park sang joonA: I really love Jim Carrey.B: I saw the Jim Carrey yesterday.
If I heard this myself, I would assume that B was abbreviating I saw the Jim Carrey movie yesterday. (the movie starring Jim Carrey) That's because comparatively few people are actually in the position of seeing movie stars, and if someone had seen Jim Carrey, they wou
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As guardian of Henry's infant son and adviser of the Agnes, Henry's mother and regent, Victor now wielded enormous power, which he used to maintain peace throughout the empire and to strengthen the papacy against the aggression of the barons.

I'd like to know here whether Agnes is the name of someone or the name of a family.
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I found this on the Internet:
http://www.nndb.com/people/096/000094811/

It has "... the empress Agnes ...etc."

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