king vs the king

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01i00It's good to be king.02i00 01b00[Anywhere, in any country.02b02br
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01i00It's good to be the king.02i00 [In the 01b00specific02b00 country you're talking about. Or to be the specific king you've just talked about. 0-

1i00It's good to be king.02i00 01b00[Anywhere, in any country.02b02br
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00Is King a role/function in this context? If not, I think there should be an indefinite article before it. What do you think?0-

0I 01i00love02i00 being President. Bill Clinton said, "I love 01u01i00this02i02u00 job!" I can't remember the Shakespeare. Was it 01i00Richard III? 02i00But I think he was refering to his own particular position, and might not have been willing to swap it for being King of Siam. "I love being Chairman of the

0Sure. Actually, it's something I've learned from this forum. 02br
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00He is at school (The reason the sentence doesn't have a definite article before school is that school is being used as a function instead of the physical structure)02br
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00So does "see you in court"0-

0Yes, I think you have the key. Of course you may also say, "I'll see you in 01u00the02u00 school/court." But when you add "the" you're just talking about a building, as you say, and you throw away all the rich meaning that the functional definitions of "court" and "school" carry.0-

0Wonderful. Thanks Avangi.0-

0So I have to hedge a bit on my remark that "the" may be optionally added without changing the meaning. I had thought about adding, "without changing the 01u00denotative 02u00meaning - as opposed to the 01u00connotative02u00 meaning." But the 01u00functional02u00 meaning is probably more specific than just "feelings or emo

0I have no problem understanding your last reply except for the last sentence. Are you saying, adding "the" will make the functional meaning stronger? Do you mind explaining it? Thanks!0-

0In my first post, "I love being Manager of the Dodgers," etc., etc., I said I had the feeling when I heard expressions like this, that "01u00the02u00 Manager" would not change the meaning of the sentence. As we continued to discuss this, it became increasingly clear that the difference is significant.02br
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00As you pointed out, adding "01b

0Thanks, Avangi. I think I get what you mean. 0-