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No. It is entirely impossible to write a novel without using the word 'the'. I cannot even write that previous sentence without using that word, so I can say unequivocally that it is completely 100...
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System
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2019-12-08T05:52:25Z (over 4 years ago)
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raddevus
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2019-12-08T05:52:25Z (over 4 years ago)
No. It is entirely impossible to write a novel without using the word 'the'. I cannot even write that previous sentence without using that word, so I can say unequivocally that it is completely 100% impossible. I'm attempting to balance the answers here since so many (incorrectly) believe it is possible. **Little-known fact:** Ernest Hemingway attempted to do this very thing when he wrote, [The Old Man & The Sea -- amazon link](http://amzn.to/2pwZ5Lz) (originally titled : Old Man & Sea) and he failed. He used the word 'the' only 17 times in the entire book. Read it and see. Astonishing! **Very Difficult, But I Just Completed It** _Discombobulated_ Also, I recently finished an entire novel without using the word discombobulated and I'm quite proud. 98.3% of all novels include the word discombobulated, just as this very post does. It was difficult to write this post without using the word so I went ahead and did so.
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2017-01-03T19:33:18Z (over 7 years ago)
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