Apa kabar BBIO lovers? saya yakin semua dalam keadaan sehat selalu. Pada
materi dasar I, telah dijelaskan tentang
pemakaian article a, an dan juga the. Akan tetapi kelihatannya
masih banyak yang bingung tentang pemakaian ‘the’. Di bawah ini ada penjelasan
yang saya yakin bisa mengurangi kebingungan BBIO lovers dalam menggunakan
article ‘the’.
Use ‘the’ with ...
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Don’t use ‘the’ with ...
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Ocean,
rivers, seas, gulfs, plural lakes
Example:
the Red Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Persian Gulf, the Great Lake
Mountains:
The
Rocky Mountains, the Andes
Earth,
moon
the
earth, the moon
schools,
colleges, universities when the phrase begins with school, etc:
example;
the university of Florida,, the College of Arts and Sciences
ordinal
numbers before nouns
example;
the first world war, the third chapter
wars
(except world wars)
example:
the Crimean War, the Korean War
countries
with more the one words
example:
the United States, the Central African Republic
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Singular
lakes:
example; Lake Geneva, Lake Eric
Mounts:
Mount
Vesuvius, Mount McKinley
Planets,
constellations
Example:
Venus, Mars
Schools,
colleges, universities when the phrase begins with proper noun
Example;
Stetson University, Cooper’s Art School
Cardinal
number after nouns
Example:
chapter three, World War One
Countries
with one word
China,
France, Indonesia
Continents
Example:
Europe, Africa, South America
States
Example:
Florida, Ohio, California
Sports
Example:
baseball, basketball
General
areas of subject matter
Example:
sociology, mathematics
Holidays
Example:
Thanksgiving, Idul Fitri, Idul Adha
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