Names of streets, roads, squares and parks

· Names of streets (a), roads (b), parks (c), squares (d), stadiums and malls (e) tend to be used without any article:

a) Oxford Street, Southampton Row, Pall Mall, Piccadilly, Fleet Street, Whitehall, Wall Street.

But names of some streets are traditionally used with the definite article, e.g. the Strand, the High Street, the Mall and some others.

Note. Names of streets in foreign countries are sometimes used with the definite article, e.g. the Rue de Rivoli (in Paris), the Via Manzoni (in Milan).

b) Charing Cross Road, Park Lane, Broadway, Pennsylvania Avenue.

Certain roads can have the definite article or no article: (the) Edgware Road, (the) Old Kent Road.

Highways and motorways tend to have definite article: the A1, the M1, the New Jersey Turnpike.

c) Hyde Park, Central Park, Memorial Park, Regent's Park.

But: the Snowdonia National Park, the Botanical Gardens.

Note. Names of parks in foreign countries are often used with the definite article: the Gorki Park (in Moscow), the Tiergarten (in Berlin).

d) Trafalgar Square, Russel Square, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square.

Note 1. Names of squares in foreign countries may have the definite article: the Red Square (in Moscow).

Note 2. When streets names are parts of addresses, the definite article sometimes can and sometimes must be left out: “24 (the) High Street”, “104 Edgware Road”. The definite article is not used in streets signs.

e) Wambley Stadium, Fiesta Mall.

Names of zoos, gardens are used with the definite article: the San Diego Zoo, the Desert Botanical Gardens.

Names of ships, trains, and spacecraft

· Names of ships are usually used with the definite ar­ticle: the Sedov, the Titanic, the Queen Elizabeth.

…and eventually the Queen Elizabeth was put to sea.

· The names of smaller boats usually have no article:

The front runner will undoubtedly be Richard Matthew’s converted America’s Cup 12-metre yacht, Crusader.

· Established train services have the definite article: the Orient Express.

· Spacecraft tend to have no article: Challenger, Apollo 17.

Names of newspapers and periodicals

· Names of newspapers published in English tend to have the definite article, including almost all the British national daily newspapers: the Times, the Guardian, the Independent; the only one exception is: Today.

· The definite article is not used with the names of foreign newspapers: Pravda, Le Monde, Der Spiegel

· Names of periodicals such as magazines and journals have no article: Punch, Newsweek, ELT Journal.

Note. the Journal of American Psychology, the Spectator.

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