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Do You Know When We Should Use THE Before a Country Name? | I Am Going to USA or I Am Going to The USA?
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Correct Usage of THE Before A Country Name
The article THE is used with
definite things or proper nouns like 'The Eiffel Tower',
'The Taj Mahal', 'The Great Wall of China',
'The India Gate', 'The Great Barrier Reef', etc.
Generally, we don't use any article before any
state or country's name but
some states or countries take the article 'The' before them.
This is why we should say: The United
States of America | The United
Arab Emirates | The United Kingdom
But,
We can't say:
The America. [We should not palace any article before
America.]
1) I'm going to the USA. [Correct]
2) I'm going to America. [Correct]
But,
1) I'm going to the America. [Incorrect]
2) I'm going to USA.
[Incorrect]
Important Notes
A) The USA like The UK or The
UAE is a complicated
structure to describe a country. The USA is essentially the United States of
America. It's a
proper noun and collection of states.
The article 'The' is used
for a territory or a country formed by merging two or more state
entities. For example, The United States of America,
The United Kingdom, The United Arab Emirates,
The Philippines, etc.
And 'USA' is a proper noun of a country.
Therefore 'The' is
required before it.
That's why:
1) I'm going to the USA. [Correct]
But,
2) I'm going to USA.
[Incorrect]
Don't Say: I'm going to
the America.
The Correct One Is: I'm going to
America.
Likewise,
1) I'm going to Australia. [Not: I'm going to the Australia.]
And,
2) I'm going to Canada. [Correct]
But,
3) I'm going to the Canada.
[Incorrect]
* The USA, The UK, The UAE,
etc. are the
collection/group of certain states. They are the
united form of two or more states. Thus the article
'The' should be used before them.
B) And this rule applies not only to countries but also to mountains and mountain ranges, etc. For Example, The Alps is a mountain range. But we can't say: 'The Mount Everest'. [We should not use any article before 'Mount Everest']. We should say: 'Mount Everest'.
Points to Note:
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