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Grammar and Linguistics > "the" or "no the" that is the question...
"the" or "no the" that is the question...
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Shurik
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I think it is a mistake. I think the writer wanted to exclude the word "Buckingham" and forgot to do it. If the text had said, "around the Palace", it would have been perfectly good English.
Either that or the definite article should be excluded and the text should say, "around Buckingham Palace."
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26 Sep 2010
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PhilipR
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Ever heard of typos on The Internet, or even common grammar or spelling mistakes? Well, this must be one of them.
People upload gazillions of documents and as there is no International Grammar Police (yet), there are bound to be a quintillion mistakes in the cloud...
Just because you spot one of these mistakes, there is no need to start questioning every grammar rule that exists. Only frequent usage (or mistakes) by lots of people changes grammar rules.
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26 Sep 2010
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franknbea
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Hi Regina,
It �s a mistake. When they first started doing guided tours of the palace they had to re-print
thousands of leaflets because they had just that very same mistake. |
26 Sep 2010
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Jayho
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Well to me, it doesn�t actually sound out of place although personally I wouldn �t write or teach it like that. Theoretically, there should be a zero article but IMHO both zero and the are ok in this instance. Just my opinion.
Philip, YNFTSM. Just because you don �t like/understand/appreciate what someone writes/posts, there �s no need to add unhelpful comments to your reply. Just my opinion. |
26 Sep 2010
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juliag
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Frank that is a very interesting fact, but how on earth do you know something like that...? Please do tell. |
26 Sep 2010
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi Julia
Didn �t you know? Frank was the one in charge of those  thousands of leaflets. That �s why the queen told him, she didn �t want to see him anymore.
Now, at tea time, the queen has tea alone.
Wasn �t it so, Frank?
Linda
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26 Sep 2010
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