It's true as long as there isn't a different work whose title uses the other article (is there something else called A Sixth Sense?).ACW wrote:I thought that was true only for non-specific titles.?bpmod wrote:Initial articles are not important under well-established Jeopardy! rules.ACW wrote:How did they allow A Sixth Sense instead of The Sixth Sense?
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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Re: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
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Re: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
A book actuallyComingUpMilhouse wrote:It's true as long as there isn't a different work whose title uses the other article (is there something else called A Sixth Sense?).
Seems weird. IMO saying A instead of The is no better than leaving out the "G" in Waiting for Godot.
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Re: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Waiting for Odot?ACW wrote:A book actuallyComingUpMilhouse wrote:It's true as long as there isn't a different work whose title uses the other article (is there something else called A Sixth Sense?).
Seems weird. IMO saying A instead of The is no better than leaving out the "G" in Waiting for Godot.
Sounds like a story from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Re: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Waitin' for Godot.jeff6286 wrote:Waiting for Odot?ACW wrote:A book actuallyComingUpMilhouse wrote:It's true as long as there isn't a different work whose title uses the other article (is there something else called A Sixth Sense?).
Seems weird. IMO saying A instead of The is no better than leaving out the "G" in Waiting for Godot.
Sounds like a story from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.