Why ‘the United States’ but NOT ‘the India’

Those who have watched the movie English Vinglish, the main character Sridevi asks this valid question while learning English. Why do we use the article ‘the’ with United States but when we say India the article vanishes? She says this a discrimination against India....

Personal Pronouns and their types

Pronoun is the word which is used at the place of noun. While addressing someone or oneself, it sounds very odd to use the name every time. So, to avoid this we use pronoun. While talking about ourselves, we never use our name because it is already understood. So we...

Difference Between ‘I did’ and ‘I had done’

If we try to find the difference between the above statements , we will see that the difference appears to be very minute. To understand it better , let’s go to the root of the sentence. If we carefully examine the sentences, we will see that the first sentence...

Every First May, Maharashtra’s Birth Day

Birthday is always special in our life. What if it is a state called Maharashtra? Every 1st May brings the sweet memories of the past in Maharashtra. On this day, the glorious past is remembered and the dream for future is set. Being the birth day, 1st May is...

Sentences with more than one object.

When we talk about the object, it is nothing but the part of the sentence on which the action is done. For example, Shyam eats an apple a day. Here Shyam is the subject, eat is the verb and apple is the object. Sometimes, we have more than one object in the sentence....
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