Hosting our show this evening is the lovely Gloria Monroe.

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kadioguy

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Hosting our show this evening is the lovely Gloria Monroe.

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Why is there "the" before a name? I assume that's because Gloria Monroe this evening looks more lovely than she usually does, so "the lovely Gloria Monroe", as in "This is not the Chicago I remember." (This is not the one from what I remember.)

Does this make sense?

[Edit: Changed "is more lovely" to "looks more lovely", and "she usually is" to "she usually does".]
 
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I read that as the one and only Gloria-Monroe-who-is-lovely.

You received that response from the amazing 5jj.
 
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