2009/6/27 Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com>om>:
Hello,
Could someone explain to me why "Wikipedia" is without definite
article? In English you say "the Britannica", so why not "the
Wikipedia"? I am wondering that also in German Wikipedians and
non-Wikipedians tend to drop the article, although we say "der
Brockhaus".
Kind regards
Ziko
--
Ziko van Dijk
NL-Silvolde
In english you would frequently say Britannica with a "the". "The
Wikipedia" would only come up in contexts like "the wikipedia
encyclopedia..." which is about the only context I can think of where
you would see "the Encarta" show up.
--
geni