Usage of the (The Russian President Putin)

[Vaok]

___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.

[Yankee]

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No, normally when the name of the president is also included, you would not use 'the'.
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[Vaok]

ok, thank you. Can we say " The President of Russia Putin......."?

[Yankee]

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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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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln

[Lost_Soul]

All wrong ! Putin is not the Russian president anymore :) He has been reelected !

[Vaok]

thank you !

[Torsten]

Hi Alex,

There is a contradiction in your last post.

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