> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Sherber > Sent: 28 August 2006 00:09 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The? > > > At 06:51 PM 8/27/2006, Christopher Smith wrote: > >stands for.) Harvard is a proper name, so would not include > "the", > > Sorry, I couldn't resist. I agree with you that Hiro should > use 'the', but: > > The Johns Hopkins University > The Juilliard School > The Peabody Conservatory > The Curtis Institute > > (...and yes, Boston University, Harvard University, etc.) > > Aaron. >
And to really complicate it: - 'the University of Oxford' = 'Oxford University' - 'the University of Edinburgh' = 'Edinburgh University' And so on, but: - 'University College London' - 'City University' - 'Queen's University Belfast'.... And for whoever mentioned 'NEC' earlier: my immediate association is the National Exhibition Centere in Birmingham, and Google agrees ;) _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
