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Lawn2llawn2 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

The UK or UK

Hi,

I have a question about articles. I was told that with "UK" we use "the UK". So my question is, do we always say "the UK"? Do we always put "the" in front of "UK" no matter what? For example: I went to UK last month. Is it okay without "the"?

And what about Philiphines? Do we say " I went to the Philipines last month"?

I really appreciate any responses. Thanks in advance.

Liya
  

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Hi, 1. I went to the UK (abbreviation for: the United Kingdom) last month. 2.

— Regards

  • Hi, 1.
  • I went to the UK (abbreviation for: the United Kingdom) last month.
  • 2.
  • I went to the Philippines.
  • Regards
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Hi,
1. I went to the UK (abbreviation for: the United Kingdom) last month.
2. I went to the Philippines.

Regards
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So, "are you still in the Philipines?". Is that right? Thanks.
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Hi,
Are you still in the Philippines?-- Yes, that's fine.

Regards
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Hi Liya

To answer your question, the rule is that whenever you have a cluster of entities that make up a country, you use "the". The cluster can be denoted by words like "united" "union" etc. (e.g. the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics etc.) or with the addition of an "-s", such as the Seychelles, which is a cluster of islands, or th

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