2009/6/27 Ziko van Dijk <[email protected]>: > Hello, > Could someone explain to me why "Wikipedia" is without definite > article? In English you say "the Britannica", so why not "the > Wikipedia"? I am wondering that also in German Wikipedians and > non-Wikipedians tend to drop the article, although we say "der > Brockhaus". > Kind regards > Ziko > > -- > Ziko van Dijk > NL-Silvolde >
In english you would frequently say Britannica with a "the". "The Wikipedia" would only come up in contexts like "the wikipedia encyclopedia..." which is about the only context I can think of where you would see "the Encarta" show up. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
