From The Chicago Manual of Style blog Shop Talk, an explanation of when to capitalize an initial the.
[Should it be the Left Banke or The Left Banke? I go back and forth. Uh-oh, a nitpicker. Just walk away, Renée.]
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
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I always do it, but it seems awkward to say, oh I read about that in a The New Yorker article.
Ha! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve checked on a newspaper’s title. Now I know it’s The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, even if Chicago likes to leave the the alone.
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