Kengo
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2011
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Japanese
- Home Country
- Japan
- Current Location
- Japan
Hello there,
I'm an English learner from Japan.
As mentioned in the title, I'm wondering whether or not I should put "the" before the name of a road.
In japan, a lot of roads (expecially expressways) have their own unique names and just by those names people will know right away which road is talked about.
So the way i see it, those road names are proper nouns and there's no need to put "the" in fornt of their names.
But sometimes I hear native English speakers use "the" in fornt of names of Japanese expressways.
I thought it might be because they are not familiar with Japanese expressways so that they feel a little bit more certain and secure by adding "the" to the name. Or are there any grammatical rules "the" should be used here?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I'm an English learner from Japan.
As mentioned in the title, I'm wondering whether or not I should put "the" before the name of a road.
In japan, a lot of roads (expecially expressways) have their own unique names and just by those names people will know right away which road is talked about.
So the way i see it, those road names are proper nouns and there's no need to put "the" in fornt of their names.
But sometimes I hear native English speakers use "the" in fornt of names of Japanese expressways.
I thought it might be because they are not familiar with Japanese expressways so that they feel a little bit more certain and secure by adding "the" to the name. Or are there any grammatical rules "the" should be used here?
Any advice would be much appreciated.