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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Please explain this to me!

Why it is sometimes Queen Elizabeth and sometimes THE Queen Ezabeth?
  

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Hi Anon Without any further context, I would interpret "Queen Elizabeth" to be a person (the person's name and title), and "the Queen Elizabeth" to be the name of a ship. Does that answer your question? Can you post a few of the sentences in which you saw the two different usages?

— Yankee

  • Hi Anon Without any further context, I would interpret "Queen Elizabeth" to be a person (the person's name and title), and "the Queen Elizabeth" to be the name of a ship.
  • Does that answer your question?
  • Can you post a few of the sentences in which you saw the two different usages?
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Hi Anon

Without any further context, I would interpret "Queen Elizabeth" to be a person (the person's name and title), and "the Queen Elizabeth" to be the name of a ship.

Does that answer your question?
Can you post a few of the sentences in which you saw the two different usages?
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I agree with Yankee. I also noticed while in the UK a few weeks ago, that HRH is referred to as The Queen, as opposed to the Queen. I also learned that hers is the only car in the UK without a license plate.
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She is either Queen Elizabeth or The Queen. Not 'The Queen Elizabeth'.

If you hear a structure like this then it is not referring to the actual queen, but something named after her, and then it becomes the proper noun for an object, which might follow 'the'.

For example.

The Queen Victoria - a pub
The Queen Elizabeth II bridge - a famous toll bridge in England
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