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Geo Names

The definite article is used differently with geographical names. No article is used with continent, country, island, and city names except when part of a larger name like The United Kingdom or The Netherlands. The definite article is used with names of oceans, seas, gulfs, channels, rivers, canals, currents, and plural place names.

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Geo Names

The definite article is used differently with geographical names. No article is used with continent, country, island, and city names except when part of a larger name like The United Kingdom or The Netherlands. The definite article is used with names of oceans, seas, gulfs, channels, rivers, canals, currents, and plural place names.

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MarEng Grammar THE USE OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE WITH GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

No article Continents: Countries. Islands: Cities: Lakes: Asia, Europe, America, Africa England, France, Finland, Kuwait BUT The United Kingdom Cuba, Hawaii, Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, land, Ut London, New York, Helsinki, Brussels BUT The Hague Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Saimaa, Lake Ladoga, BUT The Kategat.

The definite article the is used with Oceans/Sea: Gulfs: Channels/straits: Rivers/Canals: Currents: Plural names: The Pacific Ocean, The Atlantic, The Baltic Sea, The Mediterranean The Gulf of Finland, The Gulf of Bothnia, The Persian Gulf The English Channel, The Straits of Gibraltar The Thames, The Nile, The Rhine, The Suez Canal, The Saimaa Canal The North Atlantic Drift, The Gulf Stream The Canary Islands, The Hebrides, The Rocky Mountains, The Alps, The Netherlands

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