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 kalian 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
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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 |