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Thread #126579   Message #2820014
Posted By: mousethief
23-Jan-10 - 11:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mass. Senatorial race
Subject: RE: BS: Mass. Senatorial race
Nope. "Hoi polloi" is an English word and takes an article. If I were speaking Greek I wouldn't use an English article because, well, I'd be speaking Greek. When I'm speaking English I treat a word the way the English language treats it.

Don't confuse meaning with etymology.

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