(the) United States of America

[diamondcutter]

The official name of the USA is United States of America without the definite article ‘the’.

Source: English Articles and Prepositions, by Zhu Yuan, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press

It’s my first time to know that the official name of the USA has no the definite article ‘the’ in it.

I’d like to know if what the book says is correct.

 

[emsr2d2]

It’s [STRIKE]my[/STRIKE] the first time [STRIKE]to know[/STRIKE] I have heard that the official name of the USA has no [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] definite article [STRIKE]‘the’[/STRIKE] in it.

Note my corrections above.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

We usually do say the United States of America or the United States or the U.S.