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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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The is often prefixed to the names of rivers
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00 On reading an article on the usage of articles, I came across a rule which made me write this post: 02 br
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01 i 00 "The 02 i 00 is 01 b 00 often 02 b 00 prefixed to the names of rivers; and when the word 01 i 00 river 02 i 00 is omitted, as " 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 Mississippi," " 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 Ohio," the article indicates clearly that a river, and not a state or other geographical division, is referred to." 02 br
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00 The rule clearly says : "the is 01 b 00 often 02 b 00 prefixed" and not "the is 01 b 00 always 02 b 00 prefixed", so according to it there must be some cases where a name of a river doesn't take "the". Do you have any idea what rivers don't take "the"? 02 br
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00 I would be grateful for any comment on this. 0-
00 On reading an article on the usage of articles, I came across a rule which made me write this post: 02 br
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01 i 00 "The 02 i 00 is 01 b 00 often 02 b 00 prefixed to the names of rivers; and when the word 01 i 00 river 02 i 00 is omitted, as " 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 Mississippi," " 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 Ohio," the article indicates clearly that a river, and not a state or other geographical division, is referred to." 02 br
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00 The rule clearly says : "the is 01 b 00 often 02 b 00 prefixed" and not "the is 01 b 00 always 02 b 00 prefixed", so according to it there must be some cases where a name of a river doesn't take "the". Do you have any idea what rivers don't take "the"? 02 br
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00 I would be grateful for any comment on this. 0-
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" 12 br 12 br 10 The rule clearly says : "the is 11 b 10 often 12 b 10 prefixed" and not "the is 11 b 10 always 12 b 10 prefixed", so according to it there must be some cases where a name of a river doesn't take "the". 02 font 02 b 00 0-
- " 12 br 12 br 10 The rule clearly says : "the is 11 b 10 often 12 b 10 prefixed" and not "the is 11 b 10 always 12 b 10 prefixed", so according to it there must be some cases where a name of a river doesn't take "the".
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01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 Hello forum! 12 br
10 On reading an article on the usage of articles, I came across a rule which made me write this post: 12 br
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11 i 10 "The 12 i 10 is 11 b 10 often 12 b 10 prefixed to the names of rivers; and when the word 11 i 10 river 12 i
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0 In reality, 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 is most likely 01 b 00 always 02 b 00 used, but the author didn't want to take a chance that there may be some little river somewhere on some remote continent whose name never has 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 in that situation. Like the rest of us, not being able to name every river in the world, he did as any pruden
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0 I know it as "the Amazon River." 02 br
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00 I think this is meant to ask about the contrast between: 01 i 00 The house overlooks Lake 01 i 00 ___ 02 i 00 02 i 00 and 01 i 00 The house overlooks the ____ River 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 We don't (generally) use a "the" for lakes (with a very few exceptions), but
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00 I think this is meant to ask about the contrast between: 01 i 00 The house overlooks Lake 01 i 00 ___ 02 i 00 02 i 00 and 01 i 00 The house overlooks the ____ River 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 We don't (generally) use a "the" for lakes (with a very few exceptions), but
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0 I know it both as 01 i 00 the Amazon River 02 i 00 and 01 i 00 River Amazon 02 i 00 . Back to front names when the general word precedes the specific one hardly ever takes "the". 0-
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0 Really? So you would say "I'm taking a vacation to see River Amazon"? 02 br
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00 That's interesting. I would not. 0-
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00 That's interesting. I would not. 0-
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0 Yes, I would 05 0 00 though in all probability I'd rather say "I'm taking a vacation to see the Amazon (River)." 010id 1
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