I want to share this photo that was taken last week. Can you identify what's wrong in it?
The statement "Avril, welcome to Philippines"
sounds awkward, isn't it?
An article seems to be missing between the words
to and
Philippines.
The is a definite article. It is used to refer to specific nouns, unlike
a/an. According to my source,
the should not be used before the names of most countries or territories (such as China, Japan, Korea). However, it is used before the names of the countries like:
the Dominican Republic,
the Netherlands,
the United States, and
the Philippines.Therefore, the statement above should be written as "Avril, welcome to the Philippines."
Reference: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/