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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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The(?) Notre Dame?
The sentence: We visited the(?) Notre Dame and took pictures of the Galleries Lafayette. Should we take 'the ' here. Thanks in advance.
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Proper names are really special cases. Many famous buildings are referred to casually in a shortened form. The question is, what is the convention among the group who are speaking.
- Proper names are really special cases.
- Many famous buildings are referred to casually in a shortened form.
- The question is, what is the convention among the group who are speaking.
- If you're asking about formal usage, I'd say the full name should be used.
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Proper names are really special cases. Many famous buildings are referred to casually in a shortened form.
The question is, what is the convention among the group who are speaking.
If you're asking about formal usage, I'd say the full name should be used.
But if "Cathedral" is omitted, why not "the?"
The question is, what is the convention among the group who are speaking.
If you're asking about formal usage, I'd say the full name should be used.
But if "Cathedral" is omitted, why not "the?"
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