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Using the Most names of countries are used without the, but some countries and other names have the before them. ---> the United States/ the U.S., the United Kingdom/ the U.K., the Philippines, the Netherlands.
Adjectives referring to countries and languages -ish: Spanish, British, Irish, Polish, Danish, Turkish -(i)an: Canadian, Brazilian, American, Korean, Venezuelan, Mexican -ese: Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Taiwanese -i: Israeli, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Pakistani, Yemeni, Bangladeshi -ic: Icelandic, Arabic
Nationalities Some nationalities have nouns for referring to people. ----> a Spaniard, a Filipino, a Turk, a Swede, a Dane, a Briton, an Arab For most nationalities we can use the adjective as a noun. ---> a Canadian, a German, an Italian, a Greek, an African Some need woman/man/person added to them ( you can't say"a Dutch"), so if in doubt, use them. ---> a Dutch man, a Swiss woman, an Irish person
World regions Here are the major regions. -North America -the Arctic -the Caribbean -Latin America -Scandinavia -Europe -the Middle East -North Africa -Southern Africa -Asia -the Far East -Australia -the Antarctic -the Atlantic Ocean -the Indian Ocean -the Pacific Ocean
Peoples and races People belong to ethnic groups and regional groups such as African-Americans, Asians, and Latin Americans. They speak dialects as well as languages. Everyone has a native language, or first language; many have second and third languages. Some people speak more than one language fluently and are bilingual or multilingual.
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