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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
The "The" or not the "The", please excuse the pun
Can someone tell me if I should say "The Home and Garden 2008 was a great trade fair" or should I just say "Home and Garden 2008 was a great trade fair".
In this case Home and Garden 2008 is the name of an exhibition and someone has told me that one should never put the article in front of a name....is that so or can one say it both ways?
In this case Home and Garden 2008 is the name of an exhibition and someone has told me that one should never put the article in front of a name....is that so or can one say it both ways?
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Don't use the "the" in that case. Using "the" with proper nouns is very tricky and there are really fewer rules than you'd wish. "
- Don't use the "the" in that case.
- Using "the" with proper nouns is very tricky and there are really fewer rules than you'd wish.
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Don't use the "the" in that case.
Using "the" with proper nouns is very tricky and there are really fewer rules than you'd wish.
Just say "Home and Garden 2008 was a great trade show." "Ecobuild 2009 will be in Boston." But "The Philadelphia Flower Show is a highlight of Nancy's year."
Using "the" with proper nouns is very tricky and there are really fewer rules than you'd wish.
Just say "Home and Garden 2008 was a great trade show." "Ecobuild 2009 will be in Boston." But "The Philadelphia Flower Show is a highlight of Nancy's year."
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Hello everyone
I am new and am not sure whether I should have started a new thread for this, however it is a "the" qestion.
Why do we say "I am going to the Ukraine", and not "I am going to the Spain"
It was asked of me by someone who is learning english as a new language and I was unable to answer other than "it just is"!
I am new and am not sure whether I should have started a new thread for this, however it is a "the" qestion.
Why do we say "I am going to the Ukraine", and not "I am going to the Spain"
It was asked of me by someone who is learning english as a new language and I was unable to answer other than "it just is"!
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In English, we rarely use 'the' with countries: exceptions include The Netherlands, The Antilles (islands). In the case of Ukraine, my travel leader there a year ago said that the article doesn't occur in either Russian or Ukrainian; rather it was an English phenomenon, designating the Ukrainian part of the Soviet Union, so now English has dropped the 'the'.
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