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Lloyds Bank, McDonalds, Harrods
ARTICLES WITH GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
NO ARTICLE
is used with
- names of continents:
Europe, Africa, Antarctica, North America
- names of countries, counties, provinces, states:
France, Lancashire, Wisconsin, Texas
- with attributes
Central America, western Europe, modern China, Northern Ireland
- names of regions
Cornwall, Siberia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Karelia
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- names of cities, towns, villages
London, Moscow, ancient Rome, Palm Beach
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- names of separate mountains
Ben Nevis, Elbrus
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5. names of separate islands
Cyprus, Jersey
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6. - names of bays
Hudson Bay
- names of waterfalls
Niagara Falls
- names of lakes used with the word lake
Lake Baikal
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7. names of peninsulasand capes
Kamchatka, Asia Minor, Scandinavia
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is used with
1. names of regions(the land and the sea) round the north and south poles:
The Arctic, the Antarctic
2. names of countries containing the words: federation, republic, union, states, kingdom, empire, dominion, etc.
The Russian Federation, the USA, the United Kingdom
- names of regions
The Midlands, the Lake District, the Crimea, the Far East, the Riviera, the Ruhr, the Transvaal, the Caucasus
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3.
The Hague
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4. names of mountain chains
The Alps, The Urals, The Pennines
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5. groups of islands
the Hawaii, the Bermudas, the Canaries
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6. names of rivers, seas, oceans, straits, channels, canals
The Atlantic Oceans, The Mediterranean, The Thames, The Mississippi, The Bering Strait, The English Channel, The Sues Channel, The Laptev Sea, The Niagara Falls(both variants are correct), The Baikal ( without the word “lake”)
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7. names of peninsulas(when the noun “peninsula” is used)
The Balkan Peninsula
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8. names of deserts
The Sahara
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9. in of-phrases
The City of New York, The Strait of Dover
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The Use of Articles with Proper Names
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NO ARTICLE is used with
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1. names of shops, restaurants, hotels, banks, ending in -'s, -s
Lloyds Bank, McDonalds, Harrods
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2. names of universities, colleges
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