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Teal lime Posted 4 years ago
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THE [British rock band Coldplay]
The following sentence is taken from Wikipedia:
Music of the Spheres is the ninth studio album by British rock band Coldplay, released on 15 October 2021 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and Atlantic ...
My question is this:
Don't you think that "British rock band....." should be preceded by the article "the"?
Thank you.
Top answer
" should be preceded by the article "the"? No. It's not necessary to use 'the' in those situations.
- " should be preceded by the article "the"?
- No.
- It's not necessary to use 'the' in those situations.
- This pattern is found quite often in journalism.
- the [ROLE] [PERSON/GROUP] Note the lack of "the" in the examples below: with federal judge Stephen Friot a lawyer for industrialist Henry Clay Frick Alderman Clyde Barnhill suggested funding ...
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teal limeDon't you think that "British rock band....." should be preceded by the article "the"?
No. It's not necessary to use 'the' in those situations. This pattern is found quite often in journalism.
the [ROLE] [PERSON/GROUP]
Note the lack of "the" in the examples below:
with federal judge Stephen Friot
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