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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
Don’t use ‘the’ with ...
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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