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SennM
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An article before "article"?

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Hi, I recently ran into the following issue when drafting a contract:

A sentence ended in the words "[...] as referred to in article 26."

In my experience, the word "article" should under no circumstances have the defined article "the" in front of it. However, I have been seeing some people disagree on that topic. Could a sentence like "[...] as referred to in the article 26." be correct? Or do I understand correctly that the article should never be added before "article" in this situation?

Any help is much appreciated!
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SennM wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:19 pm Hi, I recently ran into the following issue when drafting a contract:

A sentence ended in the words "[...] as referred to in article 26."

In my experience, the word "article" should under no circumstances have the defined article "the" in front of it. However, I have been seeing some people disagree on that topic. Could a sentence like "[...] as referred to in the article 26." be correct? Or do I understand correctly that the article should never be added before "article" in this situation?

Any help is much appreciated!
...as referred to in article 26 :ok:

is correct
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