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On 12/12/2013 10:55 AM, glen wrote:
... in the Ukraine is ...
I don't know where I picked that up... At first, I thought it was
because we say the US. But that can't be it, since I don't say the
China or the Kansas. I suspect it's going to be as difficult to
train that out of me as it is to
Careful with that the, it's got political connotations. The BBC has a
good description of the issue: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18233844
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 12:43 PM, glen g...@ropella.name wrote:
On 12/12/2013 10:55 AM, glen wrote:
... in the Ukraine is ...
I don't know where
Glen/Robert -
I always thought it fine to use the in these contexts...
the United States of America emphasizes the plurality of the
Federation we began as. States Rights freaks surely would prefer that...
the Ukraine suggests to me a region, not a nation-state. Just as we
say the midwest
