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| What are the rules for using articles with groups of people such as: nationalities ending with -i like: Irani, Iraqui, Azerbaijani etc. ethnic groups: Blackfeet, Crows, Iroquois, Seneca, Beduins, Tuaregs etc. non-existent groups: Vikings, Picts, Normans, Saxons, Cimbri, Greeks (ancient), Romans (ancient), Incas, Victorians, Elizabethans, American Pilgrims etc. ideological groups: communists, bolsheviks, republicans, conservatives, nazis, labourers, wigs, torries, impressionists (french impressionists), surrealists, pre-raphaelists, stoics etc. religious groups: muslims, christians + carmelites, madeleines, templars, puritans, sikhs, talibans etc. mythological groups: titans, cyclops, amazons (non-counted groups unlike the muses, the erinyes) Agnieszka |
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| Nationalities tend not to take an article, unless being specific. Tribes usually do. The non-existent groups do too. Ideological and religious groups depend on whether talking in general of being specific. Mythological groups generally take the article. |
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