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Luyện ngữ pháp - English Grammar in Use (Unit 78:  Names with and without the 2))


A

Names without the

We do not use the with names of most city streets/roads/squares/parks etc. :
Union Street (not the ... ), Fifth Avenue, Hyde Park, Queens RoadBroadway, Times Square

Names of important public buildings and institutions (for example, airports, stations, universities) are often two words:
Manchester AirportHarvard University

The first word is the name of a place ('Manchester') or a person ('Harvard') These names are usually without the. In the same way, we say:
Victoria Station (not the ... ), Canterbury CathedralEdinburgh CastleBuckingham PalaceCambridge UniversitySydney Harbour

Compare:
Buckingham Palace (not the ... ) but the Royal Palace
('Royal' is an adjective - it is not a name like 'Buckingham'.)

B

Most other buildings have names with the. For example:

hotels the Sheraton Hotel, the Holiday Inn
theatres/cinemas the Palace Theatre, the Odeon (cinema)
museums/galleries the Guggenheim Museum, the National Gallery
other buildings the Empire State (Building), the White House, the Eiffel Tower

We often leave out the noun:
the Sheraton (Hotel), the Palace (Theatre), the Guggenheim (Museum)

Some names are only the noun, for example:
the Acropolisthe Kremlinthe Pentagon

C

Names with of usually have the. For example:
the Bank of England, the Museum of Modern Art, the Great Wall of China, the Tower of London

Note that we say:
the University of Cambridge but Cambridge University (without the)

D

Many shops, restaurants, hotels, banks etc. are named after people. These names end in -'s or -s. We do not use the with these names:
McDonald's (not the ... ), Barclays (bank), Joe's Diner (restaurant), Macy's (department store)

Churches are often named after saints (St = Saint):
St John's Church (not the St Johns Church), St Patrick's Cathedral

E

Most newspapers and many organisations have names with the:

newspapers the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Sun
organisations the European Union, the BBC, the Red Cross

Names of companies, airlines etc. are usually without the:
Fiat (not the Fiat), SonySingapore AirlinesKodakIBMYale University Press



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