English Lesson
 

is it necessary to use the word "The" when you mention something like
"Let's welcome Allan from the US"
"Let's welcome Elena from the Philippines"
"Let's welcome Megan from the UK"

And why can't/don't we use "the" for other countries?
"Let's welcome Mandy from the China"
"Let's welcome Amy from the Norway"

Is it because of how the sentence sound?
I hope you know what I am trying to explain...

What "The" fuck?

Good question, and here's why:

United States, Philippines, and United Kingdom are all Plural, meaning many entities.

United States = 50 states.
Philippines = A few land masses.
United Kingdom = A few countries.

China and Norway are singular entities.

Not a fucking single chance of your being right, mate.
It's still The Ukraine for some silly reason.

Was correct.
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

i like THE poo...

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I am THE confused

He was correct.

..fixed that for you. :upsidedow



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Right, but when you say Ukraine, please, you should not use "the".
Soviet Socialist? Have you seen the latest Terminator: What Day Is It? What Year?

The troll level in the thread is the 80 lvl :))

"Drop the 'the'. Just 'FaceBook'. Much cleaner and simpler that way."

- Sean Parker

Not seen it.

The LOL.... Wtf go work, don't spend time on this THE BULLSHIT :)

No it's not.

Wikipedia:
The name "Ukraine" (Ukrainian: Україна Ukrayina [ukraˈjina]) has been used in a variety of ways since the twelfth century. Today, it is the official name of Ukraine, the country in Eastern Europe. Previously the country was generally called The Ukraine in English, but this usage is on the wane and officially deprecated by the Ukrainian government and many English language media publications.

Because USA = the United States Of America. The UK = the United Kingdom. As about China, Norway etc - these are just simple names (like John, Bill or Ivan). The articles can not be applied to them. That's very simple IMHO :2 cents:

Because it's not a name. We are both know that Ukraine (Окраина) means. E.g. the articles can not be applied to Belorussia, Malorossia or Russia, but they must be to the USSR or the Ukraine because those are not names :2 cents:

Мы же не говорим "в", мы говорим "на" Украиние.

Another wikipedia fan lol, Konrad, it could be, but people still say The Ukraine.

How about you eat a bag of dicks today?

spot on. drop the 'the' when using single entities, eg

England
Scotland
America

also, you beat me to it :1orglaugh :thumbsup

I had The Sex last night!

Are you the sure?

And why the Yanto asks this question ?

Why didn't you tell us sooner ?? :(

I'm out of the here ...