"alexander koryagin -> All"  wrote in news:337   
   $fido.english_tutor@JamNNTPd:   
      
    ak> Quite often I see that people call this planet "Earth", whereas I read   
    ak> it must be called "the Earth". Maybe there is a rule?   
      
   Earth is the name... the earth is what it is...   
      
   try substituting another planet in place of earth and see how it comes out ;)   
      
   eg: Quite often I see that people call this planet "Mars", whereas I read it   
   must be called "the Mars". Maybe there is a rule?   
      
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