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Mohamed121 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

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can i use 'the' before mountains names can i say mount Everest or it will be wrong ?
  

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We just say eg Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro. But in the plural we say eg the Rocky Mountains, We also say eg the Rockies, the Himalayas.. Clive

  • We just say eg Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • But in the plural we say eg the Rocky Mountains, We also say eg the Rockies, the Himalayas..
  • Clive
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We just say eg Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro.

But in the plural we say eg the Rocky Mountains,
We also say eg the Rockies, the Himalayas..

Clive
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but can't say just the Everest right ?
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Don't say 'the Everest'. But you can just say 'Everest',
eg I am going to climb Everest.

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