Grammar question (yes, yes.. I know)

Discussion in 'Musician Talk' started by Skyblazer In Your Ass, Jun 11, 2012.

  1. Skyblazer In Your Ass level 5 Laser Lotus

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    This is a weird place to post it, but it's relevant to music, and hey, I'm a musician... sort of.


    Say you have an album called Asshole Destroyer, is it grammatically correct to leave it at that?
    Or do you have to have a "THE, A," etc before the word?

    Weird question, I know.
  2. Danimal Almost £7.00 in dog money.

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    No, it's fine the way it is. Beyond that, it's the title of an artistic work, so the rules don't apply and it doesn't really matter anyway in my opinion. You can call it whatever you want, with whatever spelling or grammar you like.
  3. Overtone .

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    Especially if you are calling it Asshole Destroyer.
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  4. Danimal Almost £7.00 in dog money.

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    Precisely.
  5. Disappear idot

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    What the fuck are you talking about?
  6. NafGorp You will hate me

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    ...you're joking right? No?

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  7. Kahless doesn't get 5/8

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    Yeah, in English a noun used as a title or in any other non-sentence situation doesn't have to have an article in front of it.
  8. Talon mesopotato

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    english couldn't Kahless about superfluous articles in album titles
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