Do not use articles with:· names of countries (Italy, Mexico, Bolivia) except the Netherlands and the US?

Question

Do not use articles with: names of countries (Italy, Mexico, Bolivia) except the Netherlands and the US. is it correct???

Answer 1

Yes. It is correct.  language is more a matter of actual usage than grammatical logic.

Answer 2

thats not entirely true if u use the it needs to be a plural, like it has states or lands or emirates (i.e. the united arab emirates but they arnt a country exactly) in the name

Answer 3

You have put this question in travel rather than in languages, but this is correct. The rule:

(from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/e...

Do _not_ use the before:

names of countries (Italy, Mexico, Bolivia) except the Netherlands and the US

names of cities, towns, or states (Seoul, Manitoba, Miami)

names of streets (Washington Blvd., Main St.)

names of lakes and bays (Lake Titicaca, Lake Erie) except with a group of lakes like the Great Lakes

names of mountains (Mount Everest, Mount Fuji) except with ranges of mountains like the Andes or the Rockies or unusual names like the Matterhorn

names of continents (Asia, Europe)

names of islands (Easter Island, Maui, Key West) except with island chains like the Aleutians, the Hebrides, or the Canary Islands

Do use the before:

names of rivers, oceans and seas (the Nile, the Pacific)

points on the globe (the Equator, the North Pole)

geographical areas (the Middle East, the West)

deserts, forests, gulfs, and peninsulas (the Sahara, the Persian Gulf, the Black Forest, the Iberian Peninsula)

Answer 4

Correct. Both "the Netherlands" and "the United States" are plurals. Thus, you'd say "Mexico" without "the", but "the United States of Mexico" (translation of the official full name of Mexico, Estados Unidos de Mexico).

Answer 5

superb question