Detective story: Please help me with the title!

[ptyx]

Comments

[f13tch3r]

Yup. Though I might leave of the 'The' and leave it at 'Theft of the Hallow'.

[ptyx]

Great! Thank you.

[jadzia7667]

If a hallow is a specific thing, it works fine :)

[ptyx]

Yes, it's a specific thing. Thanks!

[tekalynn]

More so than "The Deathly Hallows", that's for sure.

Although, to me, "The Theft of the Hallowed [Item]" makes even more sense, because to me, "hallow" is a verb, "hallowed" is an adjective, and "hallow" is NOT a noun. However, if in the context of your story, a "hallow" is specifically a person, place, or thing (and therefore a noun), then by all means use it!

[ptyx]

:-)

Yes, in my story "hallow" is a specific thing, so it's a noun. Thank you!

[ap_aelfwine]

Ayup.

Although I'd second f13tch3r's suggestion of removing "the" and just going with "Theft of the Hallow." Somehow it flows a little more easily.

[ptyx]

Great, thank you! In Portuguese we use the definite article before almost every noun, so it's very hard for me to tell when I should use it in English or not! But I suppose the more "concrete" something is, the more admissible (acceptable? suitable?) is the definite article in English.

[nakeisha]

Being contrary (sorry); I personally think that 'The Theft Of The Hallow' etc. sounds better, more balanced, more powerful and more correct, at least to my ears (I've just sat here saying it with and without the first The several times). But then being 'correct' in titles isn't strictly necessary.

[ptyx]

Oh, how interesting! Now I'm torn. I'll think about it, and if I can't decide by myself, I'll create a poll. Thank you!

[nakeisha]

Ooops, sorry to do that to you.

*Nikki slinks away*

[ptyx]

Oh, it's going to be fun! Don't be sad if you lose ;-). I am of the same opinion as you, but I'm not a native speaker. Maybe there's a difference if the person is American, British, Aussie or Canadian...