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Usage of the (The Russian President Putin) #1 (permalink) Mon May 05, 2008 15:22 pm   Usage of the (The Russian President Putin)
 

___Russian President Putin was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" on Wednesday for turning Russia into___ world power again.

A. x, the B. x, a C. The, a D. The, x

Can't we put "The" in the first blank? thanks.
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Usage of the (The Russian President Putin) #2 (permalink) Mon May 05, 2008 15:24 pm   Usage of the (The Russian President Putin)
 

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No, normally when the name of the president is also included, you would not use 'the'.
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Usage of the (The Russian President Putin) #3 (permalink) Mon May 05, 2008 15:42 pm   Usage of the (The Russian President Putin)
 

ok, thank you. Can we say " The President of Russia Putin......."?
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Usage of the (The Russian President Putin) #4 (permalink) Mon May 05, 2008 16:10 pm   Usage of the (The Russian President Putin)
 

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As I attempted to tell you in my last post, no, you should not use the word 'the' when the name of the president is included! In other words, the typical formats would be these:

- The Russian president said ...
- Russian President Putin said ...
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Usage of the (The Russian President Putin) #5 (permalink) Mon May 05, 2008 17:12 pm   Usage of the (The Russian President Putin)
 

All wrong ! Putin is not the Russian president anymore Smile He has been reelected !
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Usage of the (The Russian President Putin) #6 (permalink) Tue May 06, 2008 4:31 am   Usage of the (The Russian President Putin)
 

thank you !
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Usage of the (The Russian President Putin) #7 (permalink) Tue May 06, 2008 10:50 am   Usage of the (The Russian President Putin)
 

Hi Alex,

There is a contradiction in your last post.
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