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Jandi Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Jinx 3
Hello, teachers!
Should we use or omit "the" before the proper name of a festival? Is it optional?
- It rained on the first day of [the] Moon Festival, as the jinx says! There is a jinx that it never fails to rain on the first day of [the] Moon Festival.
Thank you very much.
Peace!
Should we use or omit "the" before the proper name of a festival? Is it optional?
- It rained on the first day of [the] Moon Festival, as the jinx says! There is a jinx that it never fails to rain on the first day of [the] Moon Festival.
Thank you very much.
Peace!
Top answer
Here again you need 'superstition', not 'jinx', because there is no indication that an evil entity has put a curse on the Moon Festival. I think that the 'the' is strongly preferred here-- at least it sounds much more natural to me.
- Here again you need 'superstition', not 'jinx', because there is no indication that an evil entity has put a curse on the Moon Festival.
- I think that the 'the' is strongly preferred here-- at least it sounds much more natural to me.
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Here again you need 'superstition', not 'jinx', because there is no indication that an evil entity has put a curse on the Moon Festival.
I think that the 'the' is strongly preferred here-- at least it sounds much more natural to me.
I think that the 'the' is strongly preferred here-- at least it sounds much more natural to me.
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