What country or which country grammar?
“What country are you from?” is just asking your nationality, something most people will do when they realize that you are not local. “Which country are you from” is more specific, it’s more likely to be used if you have mentioned more than one country already in your conversation.
Which article is used before country?
Explanation: The USA, the UK, the Maldives, The Philippines etc need the definite article of THE before the country/countries. But, North America, North Korea, South Korea like, direction ( an adjective before a country) to a country, we need not any definite article.
How do you use countries in a sentence?
Countries sentence example
- The colors represented the four countries of Oz, and the green star the Emerald City.
- Tiny countries willing to engage in free trade with their neighbors can prosper.
What to use with country has or have?
‘Country’ is the singular subject, so say ‘has’. Plural subject.
Do you say the USA or USA?
The correct term is The(plural) United States of America or the USA. These United States… is also appropriate. USA is an abbreviation, you refer to it like you would the full word. The is plural as you are referring to the states that make up the Union of the US.
Can we use the before India?
We do not use ‘the’ with the names of countries. So, ‘the’ will not be used before India, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia. Exception: if the countries have the words ‘states, kingdom, republic’ we use ‘the’ before their name. For example: The United States of America, The United Kingdom, etc.
Do we use the before UK?
1) Many English scholars say that the countries which consist the words ‘states’, ‘republic’, ‘kingdom’, ‘federation’ with their names, article ‘the’ is used. For example:- The United States, The United Kingdom, The Czech Republic, The Russian Federation etc.
What is an example of a country?
A country is defined as a nation, the people of the nation or land in a rural area. An example of a country is the United States. An example of the country is farmlands in Iowa.
Is Philippines plural or singular?
The answer is actually both. The word Philippines is used as a collective noun and When spoken is the name of a country is when spoken is the name of the country is treated as singular. The same word can be used as a plural to indicate the Group of islands ( Over 7000) over 7000 of them) that form the country.
Is India plural or singular?
Generally, ‘India has’ is the right subject verb combination, but sometimes, ‘India’ is used as a plural form to refer to a team and a group and in that case, plural form of the verb is used.
How do you write UK or UK?
Both U.K. and UK are used as abbreviations. Although the traditional practice is to use periods in the abbreviations for geographical names, there is a growing trend to drop the periods in such abbreviations. Thus, the government of the United Kingdom calls itself the UK Government (not U.K. ).