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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

United States

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0 I always do. I don't know of any exceptions.02br
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0You do not use an article before the names of countries 01i01b00except02b02i00 where they indicate multiple areas or contain the words (state(s), kindom, republic, union). Kingdom, state, republic and union are nouns, so they need an article.02br
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0I asked about it cause it seems to me that sometimes I heard people saying the United states without THE.02br
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01cite10Newguest12cite10I asked about it cause it seems to me that sometimes I heard people saying the United states without THE.12br
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10President Bush drops the article sometimes. I guess he has learned his grammar from Henry Kissinger (born in Germany).02br
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20I asked about it cause it seems to me that sometimes I heard people saying the United states without THE.22br
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10President Bush drops the article sometimes. I guess
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0 Please don't use Bush as a model for speaking English.02br
00When he met with President Fox of Mexico several years ago, everyone marveled that one of them spoke perfect English!02br
00(I don't need to spell out which one it was, I'm sure.)02br
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