English, asked by Anonymous, 1 year ago

We use THE USA OR THE United States . But why don't we use THE India?

Alisha260: By the way, we don't use the USA, we use the us.

Alisha260: Sorry, I mean US.

Anonymous: ok thanks

lfstone3: sorry Alish 260's answer is right.

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Answered by Alisha260

The place names which consist of State, Republic, Kingdom, etc, use the word, 'the'. Since India is a proper name not consisting of the above, India does not need the word 'the'.
For example, The United Kingdoms, The Republic of Congo and France, Italy.

Answered by lfstone3

A collection of territories is called a state. "The united states of America" refers to the group of states so you wouldn't say "the America"(because its a collection of south america and north america) or "the India" however you can say "the Indians" or "the Americans" .

lfstone3: your answer says "any country that contain the word the" her answer states "The is used for countries that consist of states".

lfstone3: sorry ramya but I need to give explanations! :/

lfstone3: it takes a bit of time to type you know. :)

Anonymous: no her answer also says place names u can see that in the first line itself

lfstone3: here it is "The country which contain the word republic, state, kingdom etc with their names 'THE' can be used." note the word contain it makes a great diffrence.

lfstone3: but actually it should be "The place names which consist of State, Republic, Kingdom, etc, use the word, 'the'." because republic is used for India too.

Anonymous: I cant argue more than this leave it

lfstone3: well this is not called arguing its called discussion and that's not wrong. Acutally we should explain our mistakes to each other but in a healthy manner. :)

9999: Ramya was the person who ask the question and she understood what i mean. even alisha commented under my answer that my answer was good. so if others can understand and one person cant understand. i dont care about it as ramya said i cant argue anymore. any way take it easy

lfstone3: I'm not arguing or even getting angry guys! and I do understand your answer 9999 even you do but the way it should actually be it wasn't.

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