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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Sure, sure  Your professor is not really smart, because I bet he won't be able to explain why we have to say: "the Netherlands" (personally I know why and the same rule applies to the Ukraine for the same reason)  |
*face palm*
are you seriously implying that you (someone with a very limited grasp of the English language) are more familiar with correct usage of English than a professor who spent his entire career studying every intricate detail of that language? a guy who happens to publish a book about common mistakes people make and even used "Ukraine" as one of the examples? You don't think he put a lot of thought into it, asked his peers to make sure he is indeed correct? but yea, CyberSEO says it's "the Ukraine" so it must be so...