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But you do say, "The Congo" and "The Sahara", while you used to say "The Ukraine" but not any more. Names of things: "He appeared on television", "He started i
by phaemon 11y ago
But you do say, "The Congo" and "The Sahara", while you used to say "The Ukraine" but not any more.
Names of things: "He appeared on television", "He started in radio", "He went to hospital", "He went to school".
It's unclear whether Magna Carta is used as the title of the document or not: it seems to depend.
- tragomaskhalos 11y agoChildren go to school, even though we mean a specific school, yet adults go to the pub, even when we have no particular pub in mind. If there are rules behind this I certainly can't see them, and I'm sure foreign learners would agree :)