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Geographical Use of The

This document provides guidelines for using the definite article "the" with geographical nouns. It states that "the" is not used with most country, city, state, street, or lake names, but is used with names of rivers, oceans, seas, points on the globe, geographical areas, deserts, forests, gulfs, and peninsulas. It also notes that some common nouns like language names, nationalities, and sports do not take an article.

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Geographical Use of The

This document provides guidelines for using the definite article "the" with geographical nouns. It states that "the" is not used with most country, city, state, street, or lake names, but is used with names of rivers, oceans, seas, points on the globe, geographical areas, deserts, forests, gulfs, and peninsulas. It also notes that some common nouns like language names, nationalities, and sports do not take an article.

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Geographical use of the

There are some specific rules for using the with geographical nouns.
Do not use the before:
names of most countries/territories: Italy, Mexico, Bolivia;
however, the Netherlands,the Dominican Republic, the Philippines, the nited !tates
names of cities, towns, or states: Seoul, Manitoba, Miami
names of streets: Washington Blvd., Main St.
names of la"es and ba#s: Lake Titicaca, Lake Erie e$cept with a group of la"es li"e the
reat Lakes
names of mountains: Mount Everest, Mount !u"i e$cept with ranges of mountains li"e
the #ndes or the $ockies or unusual names li"e the Matterhorn
names of continents %&sia, 'urope(
names of islands %'aster )sland, *aui, +e# ,est( e$cept with island chains li"e the
&leutians, the -ebrides, or the .anar# )slands
Do use the before:
names of rivers, oceans and seas: the %ile, the &aci'ic
points on the globe: the E(uator, the %orth &ole
geographical areas: the Middle East, the West
deserts, forests, gulfs, and peninsulas: the Sahara, the &ersian ul', the Black
!orest, the Iberian &eninsula
Omission of Articles
!ome common t#pes of nouns that don/t ta"e an article are:
Names of languages and nationalities: )hinese, English, S*anish, $ussian %unless #ou are
referring to the population of the nation: 0The !panish are "nown for their warm
hospitalit#.0(
Names of sports: volleyball, hockey, baseball
Names of academic sub1ects: mathematics, biology, history, com*uter science

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