Жил-был царь, и у него была единственная дочь

Today, I received the following message:

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  • Жил-был {{царь}}, и у него была единственная дочь.
  • Once on a time there was a king who had an only daughter. ️ Once upon a time there was a tsar who had the only daughter.

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Apparently, the sentence was updated from “Once on a time there was a king who had an only daughter” to “Once upon a time there was a tsar who had the only daughter.” The change from “Once on a time there was a king” to “Once upon a time there was a tsar” is indeed an improvement. But the change from “had an only daughter” to “had the only daughter” is worse. That part of the sentence should have been left as it was.

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