What comes before the and what doesn't?

First of all, the article the must be added before geographical terms such as mountains, oceans, rivers and islands, but the article The is generally not added before the name of a lake.

1 Indian Ocean

2. Alps

3. Persian Gulf Persian Gulf

4. Lake Baikal

Secondly, most proper nouns composed of common nouns are preceded by the definite article the.

1. Country name:

America America

2. Organization:

the United Nations (UN)

3. Buildings:

military museum

4. Newspapers:

The Times

Third, special proper nouns are generally not preceded by the article the.

1, name: Mr Jacob Li Lei

2. Place name: Shanghai, China

3. Others: Tuesday and Monday

Use of extended data

1, add a usage at this time:

Both sides of communication clearly know what the so-called goal is, and the goal is not unique in the world, so it can also be said that the role here is "limited".

example sentence

Open the door.

There are many doors in the world, but the door I want you to open is the door of the space where you and I are, so add.

We often read in textbooks that the only thing in the world should use the, but this statement is actually incomplete, because if you think about it carefully, you can find that proper nouns are the only things in the world, but they don't add the, just like Mars or Japan, so it is not appropriate to say that the only thing in the world should be placed before the.

2. Add a second usage at this time:

+ordinal number/superlative/unique/identical+noun

example sentence

He is the tallest boy in the class.

He is the tallest boy in our class.

3. Add three usages at this time:

Nouns that appear before+.

example sentence

My uncle has a son and a daughter. The son is a teacher and the daughter is a doctor.

My uncle has a son and a daughter; The son is a teacher and the daughter is a doctor.