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Originally Posted by MrPedantic Hello JB
Before a vowel, I would use a short vowel as in "party"; but when "the" is lengthened for emphasis, I would use a long vowel, e.g.
1. It's the place to go.
— here, "the" sounds like "thee".
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Would you say, the rules would stop us using "thee" especially BEFORE "place", after all, "p" in place is a "consonant" & "thee" sound ONLY occurs before a "vowel".
Well, at least, this is what an American dictionary
www.dictionary.com says.