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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 24 hours ago

Can somebody please explain why nouns like "the Devil", "the Pope", "the Holy Spirit" need the word "the"?

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Can somebody please explain why nouns like "the Devil", "the Pope", "the Holy Spirit" need the word "the"?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 24 hours ago

Aren’t they all proper nouns and therefore supposed to not need the definite article?

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Technically, “the Holy Spirit” isn’t a proper noun.

That’s the spirit.

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