THE
When and where do we need the definite article THE before a noun?
an acronym of an institute: NASA ...
a name of a working place: McDonald, KFC, K-Mart ...
a name of a country: America, China ...
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These are all subject to common practice. That is, we use 'the' if it is common practice to do so. It seems to me that we don't use 'the' for any of the categories you listed, although I'm sure there are exceptions.
- These are all subject to common practice.
- That is, we use 'the' if it is common practice to do so.
- It seems to me that we don't use 'the' for any of the categories you listed, although I'm sure there are exceptions.
- Note that you may need 'the' if these names are used as modifiers.
- For example, the second sentence here uses 'the' because of 'search', not because of NASA.
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These are all subject to common practice. That is, we use 'the' if it is common practice to do so. It seems to me that we don't use 'the' for any of the categories you listed, although I'm sure there are exceptions.
Note that you may need 'the' if these names are used as modifiers. For example, the second sentence here uses 'the' because of 'search', not because of NASA.
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