internet前面要加定冠词么?不是专有名词前不加冠词么?

发布网友发布时间：2022-04-30 13:40

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热心网友时间：2022-06-22 17:37

It is true that 'the' is usually not used with singular proper names/nouns. There are, however, exceptions to this rule:

1. place names
For example,
sea: the Pacific Ocean
mountain groups: the Alps
rivers: the Liffey
deserts: the Sahara
cinemas and museums: the British Museum
etc.
Also,
countries: the United States of America, the Republic of China, the Netherlands
principal public buildings (in American English): the San Diego Zoo, the New York City Council

2. newspapers: The Times, The New York Post

The 'Internet' is considered 'a place' (take note from its synonyms, 'cyberspace', 'the information highway', 'the world wide web'), so it is used with the article 'the'.

Note that it cannot be used with the article 'a/an', because when we say 'Internet', we all know which one we are talking about.

热心网友时间：2022-06-22 17:37

1. the internet 或 the Internet
2. 为啥提专有名词呢？追问internet不是专有名词么？专有名词前不是不加冠词么？

追答1. internet 或 Internet 不是专有名词，是普通名词！且其前面要加 the。
2. 若任何教你英语的人说英语专有名词前不加冠词，有两个原因或其中一个：第一，水平太
低；第二，不负责任。不能笼统地说专有名字前不加冠词。另外，复合专有名词，尤其
是国家名称都有 the (虽然新闻英语中偶见省略)。如，
a. I saw a Mercedes crashing into a tree. (当然，可将此句中的 Mercedes 视为专有名词普
通化了。) (我眼睁睁看着一辆奔驰朝树上撞了去。)
b. He was in the Philippines at that time. (当时他在菲律宾。)
c. the United Nations (联合国)
d. the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国)
e. the United States of America (美利坚合众国)

很多其它例子。