Contractions With Ordinary Articles but Not Title Articles
Ordinary articles contract; an article belonging to a publication title remains part of that title.
How It Works
Del Govern and al Parlament combine a preposition with an ordinary article, despite the capital letter on the institutional noun. Catalan place-name articles likewise normally contract: del Vendrell. Capitalization alone therefore cannot decide whether contraction is blocked.
An article forming part of a title, such as El Temps, is preserved: un article d'El Temps. De itself elides before the title's vowel-initial El, while the title article remains intact. With a, an expression such as publicat a El Temps likewise preserves the title.
Identify whether the article is part of the cited title or simply introduces a noun. Keep official title spelling and typography consistent, but do not let quotation marks or italics erase ordinary apostrophe rules.
Examples (3)
- És una decisió del Govern.
It is a government decision.
- Van anar al Parlament.
They went to Parliament.
- He llegit un article d'El Temps.
I have read an article from El Temps.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Apply the elision-first rule before handling complex article boundaries.
Related Patterns
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