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Sonyasonya Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Definite article

The Ukraine or Ukraine?
  

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sonyasonya The Ukraine or Ukraine? Ukraine

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sonyasonya The Ukraine or Ukraine?
Ukraine
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Can you explain why, please?
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sonyasonyaCan you explain why, please?
No explanation. For example, Malaysia and England.

No article needed.
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I`ve heard that after recent events there it acquired the article. What do you think?
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i've heard that after the collapse of USSR it required an article, but now it usually goes without it) but what about USSR, i've seen different variants as well
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tamguatlayNo article needed.
That explains it perfectly. It's just not needed.
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Russo after the collapse of USSR it required an article
Wrong. Before that an article was commonly used. The USSR is short for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The article is needed because republic(s) is a common noun. In other words, it is in dictionaries spe
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Can you introduce yourself, please?
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Thank you for your answer, it is a very comprehensive explanation.
Can you introduce yourself, please?
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Oops! I was actually wrong about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I guess I had an ice hockey match that I was going to watch on TV on my mind.

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