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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
The Earth/ Earth
the word Earth is sometimes used preceded by the definite article and sometimes it is used without it. is there a rule for this?
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I don't think I have heard it called "The Earth" for a long time, just Earth, as in Mercury, Venus, Mars, etc. we do not put "the" in front of those. But in the past it was The Earth, I think.
- I don't think I have heard it called "The Earth" for a long time, just Earth, as in Mercury, Venus, Mars, etc.
- we do not put "the" in front of those.
- But in the past it was The Earth, I think.
- Maybe it was because The Earth was "the" only place we knew about.
- It is more from a time when "The Earth" was the centre of everything, I think.
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I don't think I have heard it called "The Earth" for a long time, just Earth, as in Mercury, Venus, Mars, etc. we do not put "the" in front of those. But in the past it was The Earth, I think. Maybe it was because The Earth was "the" only place we knew about. It is more from a time when "The Earth" was the centre of everything, I think.
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