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Minka

CONFUSED

Hello, dear colleagues! I have been playing these map quizzes online and something is puzzling me:

The instruction says either

Click on (Nigeria) OR Click on THE Gambia/Congo/Central African Republic.

I kind of understand the last one, but not "the Gambia" or "the Congo". Why would that be? Thanks for your replies in advance.

3 Jan 2016

spied-d-aignel

It must refer to the names of rivers not the countries

3 Jan 2016

In UK English, "the" is used before:

- countries which contain "Kingdom" or "Republic" in their names (the UK, the Czech Republic, the Central African Republic)

- plural countries (the Philippines, the Bahamas, the UAE, the USA)

- the Gambia and the Congo (I think this is because they are named after rivers).

4 Jan 2016

Minka

I see. Thank you.

4 Jan 2016