{"id":39,"date":"2009-08-24T10:15:46","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T14:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/?p=39"},"modified":"2009-08-24T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T14:15:46","slug":"article-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2009\/08\/24\/article-the\/","title":{"rendered":"The Article “the” \u2013 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

The use of the article the <\/em>is different in English and in Portuguese.<\/p>\n

Let me show you some really useful rules for using the article the correctly.<\/p>\n

1. We don\u2019t usually use the with people\u2019s names and with countries, continents, regions, states, provinces, islands, cities, towns and mountains.<\/p>\n

Examples: Africa, Europe, South America, New York, California, Miami, Everest<\/em>. (not the Africa, the Europe<\/span>, etc.).<\/p>\n

However, if we are talking about Republic, States, Kingdom or a group of islands, we use the<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The United States
\nThe Soviet Republic
\nThe United Kingdom
\nThe Caribbean<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/em><\/p>\n

2. When don\u2019t use the <\/em>with titles (Mr., Mrs., Doctor, etc.)<\/p>\n

Mr. Smith came to my house this evening.<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/em><\/p>\n

3. With Mount <\/em>and Lake <\/em>(+name) we don\u2019t use the <\/em>either.<\/p>\n

I went to the lake with my boyfriend.
\nI went to Lake Superior with my boyfriend.<\/em><\/p>\n

4. The <\/em>is used with the names of oceans, seas, canals and rivers.<\/p>\n

The Pacific (ocean)
\nThe Red (sea)
\nThe Nile (river)
\nThe Suez (canal)<\/em><\/p>\n

5. We also the <\/em>when we talk about the plural names of people and places.<\/p>\n

The Jacksons (the Jackson family)
\nThe Netherlands
\nThe Bahamas
\nThe Alps<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/em><\/p>\n

See you next time!
\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The use of the article the is different in English and in Portuguese. Let me show you some really useful rules for using the article the correctly. 1. We don\u2019t usually use the with people\u2019s names and with countries, continents, regions, states, provinces, islands, cities, towns and mountains. Examples: Africa, Europe, South America, New York…<\/p>\n

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