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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Staff/the staff?

Hi.
Do I use 'the staff' or 'simply' staff' in:

The Staff in The Paintings and Its Analysis

?Thanks in advance
  

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The Staff . If you are talking about an identified set of paintings The Paintings is correct. If you are talking about paintings in general the article the is not required.

  • The Staff .
  • If you are talking about an identified set of paintings The Paintings is correct.
  • If you are talking about paintings in general the article the is not required.
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The Staff.
If you are talking about an identified set of paintings The Paintings is correct. If you are talking about paintings in general the article the is not required.
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I am only talking about the Qajar paintings but they are the only painting mentioned in the text, or at least, that are emphasized in the text.
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In that case, the best title is:

The Staff in Qajar Paintings

In scholarly works, it is assumed that when you have "the ***' in a title, you are going to do some analysis of ***..

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