a) as a rule no article is used
– There was a letter from Susan inviting me to a party.
b) modified be attributes old, young, little, dear, poor, honest, lazy, simple, lucky
– Young Jolyon was standing by the piano.
– She is a widow of poor George.
a) with a name in the plural to indicate the whole family:
– He is very different from the rest of the Kents.
b) with the name modified by a particularizing attribute:
– Is he the Sheldon who is a write?
– She was no more the Juliaof the first years of their marriage.
With a name modified by a descriptive attribute when a) the limitation is clear from the context or situation:
– He caught the paralyzed Madeleinein his arms as the door flew open again.
b) the attribute indicate s a permanent quality of the person in question:
– He slapped him on the shoulder, which startled & slightly annoyed the prim George Augustus.
a) one member of a family:
– I have often wondered if Tim was really a Burton.
b) when names of persons indicate typical features of a well-known name: She felt like an Alice in Wonderland.
c) when nothing is known about the person except their name, and with names of persons modified by the adjective “certain”:
– I heard it from a (certain) Mr. Jagger.
2. Nouns of relationship
a) followed by a proper name:
Uncle Jolyon, Aunt Polly
b) not followed by a proper name and used only by the members of the family:
She went into the hall: “Is Mother back?”
a) if other people’s relations are meant:
– The son was as clever as the father.
b) the expressions:
– Lomonosov was the son of a fisherman.
– Becky was the daughter of an artist.
3. Nouns denoting ranks, titles, professionfollowed by a proper name
academician Brown, professor Burton, count Brown
Nouns denoting profession & occupation followed by a proper name:
– The painter Warhol left many fine pictures.
– The shoemaker Brown is very old.
A foreign title followed by a proper name
The Baron Munchausen, the Emperor Napoleon III, the Tsar peter the Great
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