<p>are both correct:?</p>
<p>The time and the place for such a large event is subject to..
the time and place for such a large even is subhect to:</p>
<p>basically whats the difference between adding the twice vs once?</p>
<p>Also:
It was a chinese american grower who finally succeeded with adapting the now familiar orange tree to the american climate.</p>
<p>why is with adapting incorrect? I know it can be changed to in adapting but yeah whats the difference?</p>
<p>You don’t succeed with something, you succeed in doing something. It’s an idiom question.</p>
<p>A colon would be strange in that example, I don’t think you should use one at all there.</p>
<p>i mistyped the colon, should be …</p>
<p>anyway what’s the difference between the boy and the girl vs the boy and girl?</p>
<p>“The time and place” is idiomatic if one is talking about an appointment, for example. “The time and the place” is conceivably correct in other circumstances, however.</p>
<p>If you are talking about them a unity – a couple – “boy and girl” would be idiomatic. In other circumstances, to maintain parallel construction, you would put a “the” before both.</p>