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But correct usage is never to use the definite article with a ship: it's always just 'HMS Indefatigable,' never 'the HMS Indefatigable.'
by wtbob 10y ago
But correct usage is never to use the definite article with a ship: it's always just 'HMS Indefatigable,' never 'the HMS Indefatigable.'
- dragonwriter 10y agoAFAICT, that's not actually a statement of "correct" vs. "incorrect" usage generally, so much of practice of certain organizations (including, inter alia, the US Navy.) And, IME, its fairly common even in formal writing -- but, again, not from particular entities, like the USN -- to use the definite article when no prefix (HMS, USS, etc.) is used.