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   Denis Mosko to Alexander Koryagin   
   Beauty and the Beast   
   19 Mar 21 14:02:44   
   
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   //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 ...   
      
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