Alexey86
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Hello! I'd like to clarify the use of articles in the title of the Cambridge Dictionary. In one of my previous posts (https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/276465-Article-usage-with-quot-context-quot) Tarheel added "the" to the title (#9). The title of the relevant Wiki article is "Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary", but it starts with, "The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (unofficially Cambridge English Dictionary or Cambridge Dictionary, abbreviated CALD) was first published in1995..."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Advanced_Learner's_Dictionary)
My questions are:
1. Is "Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary" just the case of omitting articles in titles?
2. Should I always use "the", or I can omit it in the unofficial variants?
3. Suppose I mention an entry unfamiliar to the listener, which variant would be correct:
a) I've found it in a Cambridge Dictionary entry.
b) I've found it in a Cambridge Dictionary's entry.
4. Suppose I mention an entry familiar to the listener:
a) I've found it in the Cambridge Dictionary entry.
b) I've found it in the Cambridge Dictionary's entry.
I'm in doubt here because "a/the dictionary entry" sounds to me like a kind of entry, whereas "a/the dictionary's entry" sounds like a part of a particular dictionary.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Advanced_Learner's_Dictionary)
My questions are:
1. Is "Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary" just the case of omitting articles in titles?
2. Should I always use "the", or I can omit it in the unofficial variants?
3. Suppose I mention an entry unfamiliar to the listener, which variant would be correct:
a) I've found it in a Cambridge Dictionary entry.
b) I've found it in a Cambridge Dictionary's entry.
4. Suppose I mention an entry familiar to the listener:
a) I've found it in the Cambridge Dictionary entry.
b) I've found it in the Cambridge Dictionary's entry.
I'm in doubt here because "a/the dictionary entry" sounds to me like a kind of entry, whereas "a/the dictionary's entry" sounds like a part of a particular dictionary.
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