Young Economists

Proper Nouns without THE We do not use "the" with names of people. For example: first names Bill ( not the Bill ) Hilary surnames Clinton Gates full names Hilary Gates We do not normally use "the" with names of companies. For example: Renault, Ford, Sony, EnglishClub ( not the EnglishClub ) General Motors, Air France, British Airways Warner Brothers, Brown & Son Ltd If the full (registered) name of a company starts with "The", then we use "The" if we use the full name, for example: The Post Publishing Public Co., Ltd In this case, "The" is part of the company's name and must be capitalised, like all names. We do not normally use "the" for shops, banks, hotels etc named after a founder or other person (with -'s or -s). For example: shops Harrods, Marks & S...