{"id":1470,"date":"2003-12-08T20:34:30","date_gmt":"2003-12-09T03:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/aa\/2003\/12\/08\/the-importance-of-the-definite-article\/"},"modified":"2003-12-08T20:34:30","modified_gmt":"2003-12-09T03:34:30","slug":"the-importance-of-the-definite-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2003\/12\/08\/the-importance-of-the-definite-article\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of the definite article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are in Austin and want to order a pizza from The Parlor (which you should&#8211;they&#8217;re quite good), and you don&#8217;t know their number by heart, you may have occasion to look in the alphabetical listings of the SWB yellow pages. If so, do not look under the <i>P<\/i>s, because it ain&#8217;t alphabetized there. Look under the <i>T<\/i>s.<\/p>\n<p>Is it any wonder SWB has such a rotten reputation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are in Austin and want to order a pizza from The Parlor (which you should&#8211;they&#8217;re quite good), and you don&#8217;t know their number by heart, you may have occasion to look in the alphabetical listings of the SWB yellow pages. If so, do not look under the Ps, because it ain&#8217;t alphabetized there. 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