Proper Nouns without THE

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We do not use "the" with names of people.

For example:

We do not normally use "the" with names of companies.

For example:

* Renault, Ford, Sony
* General Motors, Air France, British Airways
* Warner Brothers, Brown & Son Ltd

NOTE:

We do not normally use "the" for shops, banks, hotels etc named after a founder or other person (with -'s or -s).

For example:

We do not normally use "the" with names of places.

For example:

Exception! If a country name includes "States","Kingdom", "Republic" etc, we use "the":

We do not use "the" with "President/Doctor/Mr etc + Name":

Look at these example sentences:

* I wanted to speak to the doctor.
* I wanted to speak to Doctor Brown.
* Who was the president before President Kennedy?

We do not use "the" with "Lake/Mount + Name":

Look at this example sentence:

* We live beside Lake Victoria. We have a fantastic view across the lake.

We do not normally use "the" for roads, streets, squares, parks etc:

Many big, important buildings have names made of two words (for example, Kennedy Airport). If the first word is the name of a person or place, we do not normally use "the":

# Proper Nouns (Names)
# Proper Nouns with THE