A few days ago
Anonymous

usage of article before earth?

I read in my grammar book that a definite article “the” is needed before the word “Earth” .

But i have seen people writing like “Coolest person on earth” with out an article . I’m confused whats the right way

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A few days ago
my 2 cents

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Basically, you ought to use ‘the’ in front of ‘earth’ when you are speaking in a general sense. If you are using ‘earth’ as a proper noun, it ought to be capitalized, but wouldn’t need to have ‘the’ in front of it. Some people tend to use the word ‘earth’ when they truly ought to be using ‘Earth’.
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A few days ago
jonz4
The article “the” should be used in formal writing.
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A few days ago
Manz
always the earth is correct

but in above case person on earth is also correct.

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A few days ago
Experto Credo
It is sometimes dropped, when you want to evoke a feeling
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