definite article — (the) Trump presidency

[Donghyun Jang]

Hi Teachers
I have a question.
I read the following sentence at Yahoo.
"85% of Democratic voters said the Trump presidency was either one of the worst of all time or below average."
Is it possible to write Trump presidency without the ?
If not why ?. If yes, is the meaning different ?
Regards

[GoesStation]

Is it possible to write "Trump presidency" without "the"(no space)?
If not, why not(no space)? (No period ("full stop" in British) If yes, is the meaning different(no space)?

See above. Don't put a space before a question mark. Don't use more than one punctuation mark to end a sentence. Always mark words you're writing about with quotation marks or by setting them in bold. Because you omitted the quotation marks around "the", I at first thought you your first question was "Is it possible to write 'Trump presidency' without the question mark?"

The definite article is required before "Trump presidency" in your sentence.

[jutfrank]

85% of Democratic voters said the Trump presidency was either one of the worst of all time or below average.

The phrase in bold is a definite noun phrase, so it needs a definite article. A definite noun phrase is a noun phrase that refers to a specific, identifiable entity. The phrase tells us which particular presidency the speaker is thinking of.

Another kind of definite noun phrase uses a possessive 's form instead of an article, as in the following sentence, which has a similar meaning:

85% of Democratic voters said Trump's presidency was either one of the worst of all time or below average.

[Rover_KE]

Please note that I have improved your thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

[Phaedrus]

Is it possible to write Trump presidency without the ?

In the context of newspaper titles, it is possible to omit the article: "Trump Presidency Said to be Worst Presidency in U.S. History."