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23-May-2008, 05:58
MashUK

"The" Europe's/Russia's/America's biggest company

Hi everyone!
Can you please say which sentence is correct:
i) It is one of Europe's biggest corporations.
ii) It is one of the Europe's biggest corporations.

Do we need to use the definite article before "Europe" to form the superlative degree of an adjective "big" or should we omit it? If so, could you explain please.

Thanking you in advance.

All the best,
Maria
23-May-2008, 06:18
2006

Re: "The" Europe's/Russia's/America's biggest company

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Originally Posted by MashUK

Hi everyone!
Can you please say which sentence is correct:
i) It is one of Europe's biggest corporations. :tick:
ii) It is one of the Europe's biggest corporations. :cross:

Do we need to use the definite article before "Europe" to form the superlative degree of an adjective "big" or should we omit it? No, we don't say '...the Europe...', but in addition to the :tick: sentence above we can also say the following:

It's one of the biggest corporations in Europe.
It's one of the biggest European corporations.

All the best,
Maria

2006
23-May-2008, 06:49
MashUK

Re: "The" Europe's/Russia's/America's biggest company

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Originally Posted by 2006

2006

Thank you. Just because we don't use "the" before names of continents, countries and cities, right?

All the best,
Mariya
23-May-2008, 07:24
bhaisahab

Re: "The" Europe's/Russia's/America's biggest company

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Originally Posted by MashUK

Thank you. Just because we don't use "the" before names of continents, countries and cities, right?

All the best,
Mariya

Hi,
Not exactly, for example we say "The USA", "The UK", etc.:-)
23-May-2008, 07:28
MashUK

Re: "The" Europe's/Russia's/America's biggest company

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Originally Posted by bhaisahab

Hi,
Not exactly, for example we say "The USA", "The UK", etc.:-)

The Ukraine, the Netherlands....there are definitely some exceptions for each rule;-)
23-May-2008, 07:32
bhaisahab

Re: "The" Europe's/Russia's/America's biggest company

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Originally Posted by MashUK

The Ukraine, the Netherlands....there are definitely some exceptions for each rule;-)

There are indeed!;-)
23-May-2008, 08:34
tzfujimino

Re: "The" Europe's/Russia's/America's biggest company

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Originally Posted by MashUK

Hi everyone!
Can you please say which sentence is correct:
i) It is one of Europe's biggest corporations.
ii) It is one of the Europe's biggest corporations.

Do we need to use the definite article before "Europe" to form the superlative degree of an adjective "big" or should we omit it? If so, could you explain please.

Thanking you in advance.

All the best,
Maria

Hi.

I think "Europe's"(possessive pronoun) serves like the definite article. That's why "the" is not needed here.(in my opinion):-D

This is one of his best songs. OK
This is one of the his best songs. NOT OK

I'm not a native speaker of English, so if I'm wrong, please forgive me.:oops:
23-May-2008, 08:37
MashUK

Re: "The" Europe's/Russia's/America's biggest company

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Originally Posted by tzfujimino

Hi.

I think "Europe's"(possessive pronoun) serves like the definite article. That's why "the" is not needed here.(in my opinion):-D

This is one of his best songs. OK
This is one of the his best songs. NOT OK

I'm not a native speaker of English, so if I'm wrong, please forgive me.:oops:

:up:
Cool:-D
Sounds like a reasonable explanation!!
Thanks a million:-D
P.S. Though "Europe's" is not a possessive pronoun but a noun used in the possessive case.

All the best!