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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Do you need "the" in the following cases?

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00I want your expert opinion on this. The question that I have is that will you put the "the" when they are followed by 01u00some proper names with non-proper nouns and are subected to the usual rules of specificity and prior precedence 02u00? Or having a proper entity like CJI is specific enough naturally and thus, making the need for the "the" 01b00unnecessary02b00? 02br
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01i00Please follow (the)01u00 CJI reporting rules.02u00 02i02br
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01i00 CJI -- a proper name02i02br
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01i00rules -- a non-proper noun02i0-
  

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0 When a proper noun is used as an adjective to modify a common noun, the prper noun has no effect on the definiteness of the common noun. That is, a common noun is a common noun whether it is modified by a proper noun or not, and you can or cannot put THE according to the grammar rules for addition of THE to a common noun. 02br 02br 00Please look at the sentence below.

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0 When a proper noun is used as an adjective to modify a common noun, the prper noun has no effect on the definiteness of the common noun. That is, a common noun is a common noun whether it is modified by a proper noun or not, and you can or cannot put THE according to the grammar rules for addition of THE to a common noun. 02br
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00Please look at the sentence below. Here
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0 Thank you, Mr. Paco. Another hit. 0-
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