On 6/8/07, Nick Wilkins <nlwilkins(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/8/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm
<macgyvermagic(a)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