The use of an article with names and titles:

• with many names of organizations THE is used:

e.g. the European Commissioner, the World Trade Organization

BUT: Greenpeace

• with newspapers and other printed matter THE is used:

e.g. The Guardians is very popular with many people.

the Times, the Daily Mirror, the Wall Street Journal

• with place names (the +adjective/noun +noun, the noun +of +proper noun / noun) THE is used:

e.g. the Bank of England, the National Theatre, the British Museum, the University of Florida

BUT: Florida University

• with titles THE is used:

e.g. The Prime Minister will attend this meeting.

BUT: Prime Minister Stern will attend this meeting.

• with names of seas, rivers, lakes, ranges of mountains, groups of islands, deserts THE is used:

e.g. the Black Sea, the Dead Sea, the Pacific Ocean, the Thames, the Danube, the Carpathian mountains BUT: Goverla;

the British Isles, the Bahamas BUT: Great Britain; Sicily, Corsica;

the Baikal BUT: Lake Victoria,

the Kalahari, the Gobi, the Suez Canal

• with some names of countries (with ‘Republic’, ‘Kingdom’) and some cities THE is used:

e.g. the Hague, the Netherlands, the USA, the Russian Federation,

the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Poland, the Czeck Republic

BUT: Ukraine, Kyiv

• with names of companies, airlines zero article is used:

e.g. Samsung, Nokia, Luftganza, Aeroswit

• with names of people zero article is used:

e.g. I’d like to speak to Joan Peters, please.

BUT: The Stones will be visiting us in a few days. (the whole family)

• with continents and part of the world zero article is used:

e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, North America

BUT: the North of America

• with names of roads, streets, avenues, squares, parks zero article is used:

e.g. Trafalgar Square, Oxford Street , Fifth Avenue, Waterloo Bridge

BUT: the High Street,

• with names of restaurants, banks, hotels which have the name of a person or a place and are two-word name zero article is used:

e.g. Lloyds Bank, Shevchenko University, Kennedy Airport, Buckingham Palace, St Sophia’s Cathedral, McDonalds,

Set expressions with an indefinite article:

be in a logical order at a time

in a certain time as a result

at a glance to tell a lie

it’s a pleasure be at a point

be in a hurry have a bite

to a great extend to a lesser extent

Set expressions used with the definite article:

in the short term the other day

be out of the question be on the safe side

on the whole in the original

by the way at the time

on the one hand by the way

on the other hand at the beginning

in the future to tell the truth

at the end of the year on the move

in the meanwhile (meantime) on the increase

on the contrary

Set expressions with zero article:

at noon (midnight, night) in fact

in favour of in addition to

in advance in bulk

in conclusion in order

in other words in recent years

in response to in stock

in time in turn

grip on power for years (months, ages)

on approval at random

at short notice at work (home)

beyond reasonable doubt by accident

by chance by law

by mistake in debt

on behalf on time

out of stock value for money

for instance (example) in particular

in person for delivery