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Sabtu, 19 Oktober 2013

Article 'THE'



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 ...
Don’t use ‘the’ with ...
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








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