Verona_82
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2010
- Member Type
- Other
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Ukraine
Hello!
I'd love to find out if there are any rules regarding the use of geographical names of rivers along with the common noun in a sentence. For example, what should I say:
... on the River Thames (1)
or ....on the Thames River? (2)
We say Lake Ontario, Mount Everest, but the Aegean Sea. When I googled the phrase, the majority of hits were in favour of (1). However, I found out there were different alternatives for 'the Seine":
on the river Seine
on the Seine river
and there're four alternatives for the Neva , the river that my hometown is on. Of course, Google doesn't have a monopoly on truth, but I'm really eager to avoid any mistakes when speaking about it.
I'd be grateful if anyone could shed some light on this.
I'd love to find out if there are any rules regarding the use of geographical names of rivers along with the common noun in a sentence. For example, what should I say:
... on the River Thames (1)
or ....on the Thames River? (2)
We say Lake Ontario, Mount Everest, but the Aegean Sea. When I googled the phrase, the majority of hits were in favour of (1). However, I found out there were different alternatives for 'the Seine":
on the river Seine
on the Seine river
and there're four alternatives for the Neva , the river that my hometown is on. Of course, Google doesn't have a monopoly on truth, but I'm really eager to avoid any mistakes when speaking about it.
I'd be grateful if anyone could shed some light on this.