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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Marriages are settles in the Heaven and celebrated on Earth...

Is the use of the in front of Heaven mandatory?

Marriages are settles in the Heaven and celebrated on Earth...
  

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We do not use "the" in front of Heaven if it is capitalized. Note that Earth does not have "the" either in this sentence.

  • We do not use "the" in front of Heaven if it is capitalized.
  • Note that Earth does not have "the" either in this sentence.
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We do not use "the" in front of Heaven if it is capitalized. Note that Earth does not have "the" either in this sentence.
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AlpheccaStars We do not use "the" in front of Heaven if it is capitalized. Note that Earth does not have "the" either in this sentence.

If it is the heaven or Heaven then it's obvious that the author is talking about some particular heaven. But what kind of heaven it is? Is it the heaven which is mentioned in religious talks? For a per
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*** created Heaven and Earth. When Heaven is capitalized, it is a religious reference. It is used without an article.

In lower case, it is not a religious reference, and used most often with "a". They have created a heaven on earth. ("a most idyllic place")
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Hi,

It seems to me unlikely that a person in Ethiopia would interpret the sentence as meaning

Marriages are settled in the USA and celebrated on Earth.

Clive

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