textbook recommendation

Thu Aug 17 19:46:40 UTC 2000

On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 pyz at PANIX.COM wrote:

> General rule - In English, unless it is a collective entity the names
> of sovreign states do not take the definite article.  Territories, btw do.

Interesting.  I'd never really thought about why, for example, it's The
Netherlands and yet Holland (no article).0

> Btw, the only names which I find to be problematic with the above rule are
> The Czech Republic, and The Dominican Republic.  Obliged to anyone who can
> offer a reasonable explanation.

Because "Republic" is explicitly part of the name?

Elizabeth Naime

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