Hi Charles, Greg and Ian, Thank you very much. :) Japanese language doesn't have the articles you have. I knew the official name of the US: The United States of America. But I didn't know the official name of the UK: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It's long ;)
Ian-san, I think you explain it better than any linguist. > "the" appears first to show its a single entity I see now. I see why "the" is called "definite article." "the" defines something. It points to a specific thing. It makes the thing very clear. Thank you again. khirano
