The calm before the storm

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi

This is the title of my youtube video:

The Calm Before The Storm -
Robots Attack

Which is grammatically correct:

1- The calm before the storm
2- Calm before the storm

Thank you

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“The calm before the storm” is a very common phrase referring to a calm or quiet period of time in contrast to what follows. You are contrasting two time periods

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of “Calm before the storm.” Without “the” before “calm” you’re not contrasting two periods of time but describing what happened before a specific storm.
“It was calm before the storm last week.”

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Thank you so much, Arinker :rose:
Very nice

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I think it can be either of the following:

  1. The calm before the storm
  2. Calm before storm

If you want to use the article (the), be consistent in both the cases.

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Thank you so much, Anglophile :rose:

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