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jimbokun
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The programmer's wife
My guess is that it is entitled "The programmer's wife" because the author is male and his spouse is female.
restruct
on Sept 1, 2009
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Then shouldn't it be "A programmer's wife"?
gloob
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"The", as an article, is applied to individuals in all sorts of situations. If, for instance, I say "The apple is red," I'm probably not making an assertion that should be generalized to all apples, but rather speaking about a specific one.
scott_s
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It's probably a play on The Time Traveler's Wife.
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