[General] Are Saudi Arabia

[suniljain]

Are Saudi Arabia and UAE two different countries?

Is this sentence correct?

 

[5jj]

I'd say Are Saudi Arabia and the UAE two different countries?

 

[Rover_KE]

With 5jj's amendment, yes it is, and yes they are.

 

[suniljain]

I'd say Are Saudi Arabia and the UAE two different countries?

Why didn't we use"the" before Saudi Arabia?

 

[tzfujimino]

Why [STRIKE]didn't[/STRIKE] don't we use[space] "the" before "Saudi Arabia"?

Do you call your country "the India"?

 

[5jj]

We generally use the definite article before countries when the official name tells us the nature of the country:

The Czech Republic
The United Kingdom
The United States of America
The Federal Republic of Germany
The United Arab Emirates.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

We generally use the definite article before countries when the official name tells us the nature of the country:

The Czech Republic
The United Kingdom
The United States of America
The Federal Republic of Germany
The United Arab Emirates.

Good point! Of course, that might mean the Sudan is a big four-door car and the Ukraine is a bunch of little Hawaiian stringed instruments falling out of the sky. . . .

(Suniljain, see sedan, uke, and rain.)

 

[GoesStation]

Of course, that might mean the Sudan is a big four-door car and the Ukraine is a bunch of little Hawaiian stringed instruments falling out of the sky. . . .

We haven't used the definite article with Ukraine since that country became independent in 1991.