"United Kingdom (the)"

Language Log 2022-05-29

Summary:

Table 1 in "Acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – Multi-country", World Health Organization 5/27/2022, includes this: There are 33 country names in the whole table, and six of them (as listed) normally require a definite article: "The Republic of Modova", "The Netherlands", "The Occupied Palestinian Territories", "The Republic of Korea", "The United Kingdom", […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=54854&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=united-kingdom-the

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Tags:

orthography

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

05/29/2022, 11:00

Date published:

05/29/2022, 10:13