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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Is correct to use The before the names of great personalities like, Can it be the Gandhi or the Obama
  

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No, it's not.

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  • No, it's not.
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AnonymousIs correct to use The before the names of great personalities
No, not without an adjective like 'great' or 'famous'. You can't have "the Gandhi", but you can have "the great Gandhi", for example, and you can't have "the Einstein", but you can have "the famous Einstein". However, these forms are used very sparingly.

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