[Grammar] Should 'the' be omitted from 'I have installed the Firefox recommended by Peter'?

[Matthew Wai]

1. I have installed Firefox.
2. I have installed the latest Firefox.
3. I have installed the Firefox recommended by Peter.

Should 'the' be omitted before 'Firefox', a proper noun?

 

[Tarheel]

I would make only one small change. For the third one I would say:

I have installed Firefox as recommended by Peter.

 

[Matthew Wai]

How would you change the following:

'I have not turned it off but enabled 'Set Windows Update to notify only' in the 'Winaero Tweaker' recommended by MasterChief.'── quoted from http://www.windowsbbs.com/windows-1...windows-update-windows-10-a-2.html#post645079

 

[Tarheel]

I think something was left out there. I would say:

I did not turn it off, but.I.enabled....

:-D

 

[Matthew Wai]

Should 'the' be omitted from the sentence in post#3?

 

[Tarheel]

It seems OK to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

Going back to the original question, I would use "I have installed the latest version of Firefox".

 

[Tdol]

Should 'the' be omitted from the sentence in post#3?

It could be. I would guess that it has been used because of the word Tweaker, which makes it sound less like a name and more like a device, but most software doesn't take a definite article.

 

[Tdol]

3. I have installed the Firefox recommended by Peter.

Should 'the' be omitted before 'Firefox', a proper noun?

I would only use the article if Peter had recommended a special version of Firefox rather than the standard one.

 

[Matthew Wai]

There is no need to use an article before a proper noun followed by an adjectival phrase.

Is that correct?

 

[Barb_D]

There is no need to use an article before a proper noun followed by an adjectival phrase.

Is that correct?

I would not try to generalize that way.

 

[Tdol]

Article usage with proper nouns is not consistent, so trying to synthesise a general rule from a couple of examples of the specific case of software is likely to end in tears. :up:

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Carter is playing in place of the injured O'Reilly.'── quoted from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/injured?q=injured

Similarly, should 'the' be used before 'pretty' in 'Peter is marrying the pretty Amy'?

 

[Tdol]

Probably not, though you could.

 

[Tarheel]

I would say:

Carter is marrying that pretty girl, Amy.