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|    Denis Mosko to Alexander Koryagin    |
|    Beauty and the Beast    |
|    19 Mar 21 14:02:44    |
      MSGID: 1:153/757.1315 4c2f088f       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0300       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 605440d8       //Hello Alexander, //        AK> Hi, Brian Klauss - Alexander Koryagin! I read your message from        AK> 19.03.2021 00:30               AK>>> "Beauty and the Beast", a movie name -- why Beauty is without "the"?               BK>> Titles of movies, books, music, and art do not require an article.        BK>> Prefacing "Beauty" with "The" would be appropriate but with the        BK>> idiomatic nature of English, and the rules we don't follow, it can be        BK>> left out.               BK>> It's similar to music group names, "Guns N' Roses", not "The Guns and        BK>> Roses", or books, "Patriot Games" instead of "The Patriot Games".               AK> So it could be simply "Beauty and Beast"?       Not! "Beauty and the Beast".       Such as "Gun and the Rose" may be ...              --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)        * Origin: 21-st century (1:153/757.1315)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 106/127 120/340 123/131 129/305 153/105       SEEN-BY: 153/757 802 6809 7715 154/10 203/0 221/1 6 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 227/702 229/101 424 426 664 1016 1017 240/1120 1634 1895       SEEN-BY: 240/2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853 8001 8002 8005 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 261/38 280/5003 5006 282/1038 313/41 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 335/364 342/200 371/52 382/147 423/81 2454/119 4500/1       SEEN-BY: 5020/1042       PATH: 153/757 221/6 1 280/5003 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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