On 6/8/07, Nick Wilkins nlwilkins@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/8/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
It works fine for me, Fred. The ) isn't included in the link. What I wondered is why they called it "the Wikipedia".
Mgm
What I wondered is why they called it "Wikipedia" the first time, and "the Wikipedia" the second time.
-- Jonel
Maybe because most languages don't use articles and they are a hurdle for those speaking English as a Second Language. My grandfather wrote a book, many scientific articles and a famous monograph in English, but never mastered the use of articles in English, a second language to him, so all of his writings contain irregularities in the use of articles--even though German was one of his first languages and uses an article.
This is common among speakers of ESL, irregular usage of articles.
KP