Re: [libreoffice-marketing] definite article in the name “The Document Foundation”

Hello Lera,

Le Sun, 09 Nov 2014 18:52:58 +0200,
Lera Goncharuk <lera.goncharuk@gmail.com> a écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> I want to ask one question.
> Why was article “the” added to the name “The Document Foundation”? As
> I understood, it's not just because of grammar rules.
> Thank you in advance.

As I was the one who originally came up with that name (although the
founders had to all be in agreement with it), I may answer. It is not
exactly clear why, and I probably forgot a few things sine we first
started all this, but I know for sure that in English, if you say
"Document Foundation" it will not have the same effect than if you say
"the Document Foundation". The definite article "the" puts emphasis on
the rest of the name, which itself has one very generic noun
"document". So "The Document Foundation" is really "THE foundation of
the Document".

Hope this helps,

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