USE: 1, with oceans, rivers, gulfs, mountain rangers, seas, and plural lakes Ex: the pacific ocean, the rockie, the andes, the great lakes 2,with the countries that have a plural name or that have an adjective in except great britain Ex: the United states, the netherlands 3, with the groups of islands with a plural name: Ex: the philipines, the virgin islands 4, with names of geographic areas: Ex: the middle east, the orient 5, with the universities, colleges, schools when the name beggins with "school"Ex: the university of texas, the college of engineering 6, with the names of wars (excluding world war) Ex: the civil war 7, with the names of historical documents: Ex: the treaty of geneva 8, with the names of ships, trains, airplanes Ex: the queen mary NO USING 1, with the names of singular lakes, mountains, and islandsEx: lake superior, mount everest 2, with cointries with a singular name Ex: spain, china 3, with the names of the continents Ex: asia, eroupe 4, with the names of states, towns, streets Ex: Florida, broady way 5, with names of general subjects Ex: geography, history 6, with names of people, magazines: Ex: Time magazine, charlie brown 7, with universities, colleges, and schools begging with a proper noun:Ex: Los Angeles city college, Harvard Đề nghị các bạn thanks cho một cái nhé