12 Jun 16 18:12, you wrote to Alan Ianson:   
      
    AI>> writting we would always use the "the" in that sentence. A newspaper   
    AI>> might remove the word for the purpose of making it fit, but even then   
    AI>> they would make it fit if they could.   
      
    ak> I just try to find out the function of "the" article. Theoretically,   
    ak> it should be used to single out a thing out of the row of other   
    ak> similar things.   
      
   yep... the region... the county... the part...   
      
    ak> For instance, there many regions or areas in Russia. _The_ area where   
    ak> I live is located in western part of Russia. (IMHO no article before   
    ak> "western" either, because "western" is a determiner itself).   
      
   the area where i live is located in the western part of russia.   
      
   the area where i live is the western part of russia.   
      
   the area where i live is a part of russia.   
      
   the area where i live is russia.   
      
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