o River.
Names of lakes do not take the article if the word lake is used, which is nearly always the case; if it is not mentioned we find the definite article: Lake Windermere, Lake Ontario, the Ontario.
With names of mountain chains the definite article is used: the Urals, the Alps.
With names of mountain peaks no article is used: Elbrus, Everest.
6. With names of groups of islands the definite article is used: the Hebrides, the Bermudas.
With names of single islands there is no article: Madagascar.
7. The names of the following towns, countries and provinces are used with the definite article: the Hague, the Netherlands, the West Indies, the Ruhr, the Riviera, the Crimea, the Ukraine, the Caucasus, the Congo. The Lebanon is generally used with the definite article, occasionally without the article.
8. Names of streets and squares are used without articles: Oxford Street, Wall Street, Trafalgar Square, Russell Square.
There are a few exceptions: the High Street, the Strand.) Names of hotels, ships, newspapers and magazines.of hotels, ships, newspapers and magazines are used with the definite article.he added that the Independent had accepted and was about to publish two poems which he had been able to write because of her. (Dreiser) three men came to the turning at the corner of the Grosvenor Hotel. (Hichens)) Names of cardinal points.the names of cardinal points the definite article is used: the North, the South, the West, the East.the expressions from East to West, from North to South no article is used.) Names of months and days.a rule names of months and days are used without articles.is a spring month. My day off is Friday.these nouns are modified by a particularizing attribute the definite article is used.May of 1949 will always rest in my memory.Trotwood came on the Friday when David was born.of days are used with the indefinite article when we mean one of many Mondays, Fridays, etc.Crusoe found his servant on a Friday.do not remember exactly when he came from Moscow, but Isure it was on a Monday.of months are used with the indefinite article when modified by a descriptive attribute . cold May is the usual thing in Leningrad.) The use of articles with nouns modified by proper nouns.a noun is modified by a proper noun in the genitive case no article is used.met Robert's father.noun modified by a proper noun in the common case is used with the definite articlemmer I visited the Tretyakov Gallery.
The sailor led him back to the little irregular square by the
Medici Palace. (Voynich) OF ARTICLES WITH NOUNS IN SOME SET EXPRESSIONS) The use of the indefinite article with nouns in set expressions.
1. in a hurry - поспіхом Things done in a hurry are done badly.2. to have a mind to do something (a great mind, a good mind) - мати бажання що-небудь зробити, бути схильним що або сделатьI have a great mind to have a serious talk with her.3. to fly into a passion - прийти в бешенствоIf you contradict him, he will fly into a passion.4. to get in a fury (in a rage) прийти в яростьIf you contradict him, he will get in a fury (in a rage) .5. to take a fancy to (chiefly with names of living beings) - перейнятися симпатією, відчути расположеніеI wonder why she took a fancy to ...
