Maybe, but I've read news articles with sentences like, "they would not be allowed to go to prom." They don't say, "the would not be allowed to prom." So they seem to use it like a noun with no definite article and not like a verb.
I'd like to see the skeleton of that bird centaur, because that bone which is the breastbone for the bird, but at the same time the pelvis for the man, is an interesting invention.
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