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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

to "the" or not to "the"

hi all
I'm not a native english speaker, work in adv.agency, we have a client who wants us to install a pretty big banner in Tomsk, Russia advertising a movie and saying "Pirates of winds".
To me it looks now quite right, it should be "Pirates of THE winds".
or not?
Thanx
Oleg
  

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All other things being equal, "Pirates of the winds" sounds more likely. However, nearly all Google hits for "Pirates of winds" seem to be embedded in Russian-language text, as if in Russia it is already a known phrase or translation for something. It would be useful to have more background information about where the phrase comes from and what it refers to.

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  • All other things being equal, "Pirates of the winds" sounds more likely.
  • However, nearly all Google hits for "Pirates of winds" seem to be embedded in Russian-language text, as if in Russia it is already a known phrase or translation for something.
  • It would be useful to have more background information about where the phrase comes from and what it refers to.
  • Is it a translation of the name of the film?
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All other things being equal, "Pirates of the winds" sounds more likely. However, nearly all Google hits for "Pirates of winds" seem to be embedded in Russian-language text, as if in Russia it is already a known phrase or translation for something. It would be useful to have more background information about where the phrase comes from and what it refers to. Is it a translation of the name of the
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