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Post by Somak Meitei on Aug 6, 2015 11:19:13 GMT 5.5
In grammar books, 'the' is put before the names of seas, religious books, mountain ranges, rivers,etc. , but it seems that there is no rule about names of bridges, airports, aeroplanes, gates, waterfalls, banks, magazines, parks, gardens, etc. Neverthless I am not certain about what I am saying.
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Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Aug 6, 2015 12:58:31 GMT 5.5
This is an unapparently difficult area in English usage to formulate though a general guideline can be drawn up. And except for some so far uncontroversial cases, I don't think there is an immutable set of rules governing the "everyday" use (as opposed to special uses such as in lists) of the definite article before proper nouns. There is also a room for idiosyncrasy in its use in this grey area even among native speakers of the language. For example, the name of a bank may not have a preceding "the" as part of its official name, but in the name sounds more natural when it is preceded by "the" in normal speech and writing. The following screenshot of a page from 'the" Bank of England shows this. Bridges, unless they are named after another proper names, usually take "the." For example, the Golden Gate, in the USA. Journals and magazines do usually take "the" before their names in day to day communication though their official names may not have it as part of them. For example, the Paris Review and the Nation (both published from the USA), as in the screenshots below
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