Winwin2011
Senior Member
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2011
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- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Hong Kong
- Current Location
- Hong Kong
I read the following sentence from a book:
We live near the Hong Kong Space Museum.
Grammar books tell us that we don't need to use "the" before proper nouns. I think the above phrase in bold is a proper noun. Why do they use "the" before a proper noun?
Thanks.
We live near the Hong Kong Space Museum.
Grammar books tell us that we don't need to use "the" before proper nouns. I think the above phrase in bold is a proper noun. Why do they use "the" before a proper noun?
Thanks.