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Hi. I was looking at a book on church history and came upon these phrases with what look to be the titles of books. Why do they have definite and indefinite articles in front of them when they're proper nouns? I think we can call the titles of books proper nouns. I know some proper nouns do take articles, like "the White House," but I wasn't sure if they were cases like "the White House."
1. wrote a Discourse to the Greeks
2. his authorship of the Supplication of the Christians
Also, please tell me if the combination of what looks to be a noun, "Arians," and an adjective, "orthodox," is correct. I'm sorry for not providing complete sentences. Any help from you will be appreciated.
not only between Arians and orthodox
Top answer
The the initial nouns in the book titles appear to have been give articles as if the titles were ordinary phrases within the sentence. This is not correct. Or, if the articles are actually part of the book titles then they should be capitalised and in italics.
- The the initial nouns in the book titles appear to have been give articles as if the titles were ordinary phrases within the sentence.
- This is not correct.
- Or, if the articles are actually part of the book titles then they should be capitalised and in italics.
- anonymous not only between Arians and orthodox I think this is just about allowable (meaning "the orthodox").
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The the initial nouns in the book titles appear to have been give articles as if the titles were ordinary phrases within the sentence. This is not correct. Or, if the articles are actually part of the book titles then they should be capitalised and in italics.
anonymousnot only between Arians and orthodox
I think this is just about allowable (meaning
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