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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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proper names and the usage of "thes": Class 101

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00As to the proper names and their usage, is it proper to say that it 00ALL00 depends on context and the sentence structure. If the sentence structure is such as below, you wouldn't use the "THEs" in front of proper names 01u00in the absence of prior knowledge/understanding or specificity.02u02br
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00Please tell me the directions to 01u00Holiday Spa.02u02br
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00BUT if both the listener and the speaker know the Holiday Spa as an uniquely/properly named place and perhaps all the people in town know or expected to know it as such, then it will be necessary to say like this? 02br
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00Please tell me the directions to01u00 the Holiday Spa.02u02br
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00In summary, all properly named can carry "THEs" if the context or circumstances exist to warrant the placement of "THEs"? 0-
  

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0 No one would say "Tell me how to get to 01i01u00the02u02i00 Kimpo Airport" even if he/she expects the listener to know what Kimpo Airport is.02br
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0Thank you, Mr. Paco.02br
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00Is it safe to say that ALL proper names can carry "THEs" if the context or prior understanding exists to seemingly warrant the placement of "THEs" even if for some cases, they are not being placed due to how they are normally treated/said like your example?02br
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00A: 00Tell me how to get to Kimpo Airport? 02br
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0Forms of proper names do not depend on the context. A proper name without THE should be always without THE. You can say neither "the Korea" nor "the Japan". Korea is always "Korea" and Japan is always "Japan". You cannot say "United States of America" without THE even in the case you mention it for the first time. The United States of America is always "the United States of America".02br
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0Thank you again.02br
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00But I still have a feeling that you can give an example or two where you have to use "the Kimpo Airport," not "Kimpo Airport." Or like "Korea and Japan," "the" is not allowed under any circumstances?02br
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00I have a sentence below, please tell me indicate whether or not you would place "the" in front of the proper noun in
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0Mr. Paco, 01u00forms of proper do not depend on the context, but they can 00CARRY00 "THEs" except those situations 02u00where the carry-ons are prohibited and where the name has "the" as part of its name - you can not say 00the "The Ministry of Interior of Kunia.00" Is is safe to say that except for some prohibited situations, most proper names can carry
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0 Hello Anon02br
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00I'm a bit afraid you might mistake my message. I wrote "No one would say 'Tell me how to get to the Kimpo Airport' even if he/she expects the listener to know what Kimpo Airport is". By this I meant the collocation "the Kimpo Airport" is definitely wrong. You have to say just "Kimpo Airport" in whatever situation you are in. It is a rule in English the
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0 Thank you, Mr. Paco. 0-
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