| ▲ | happymellon 16 hours ago | |||||||
> the Ukraine Careful, your mask is slipping. It is Ukraine, not The Ukraine. It is a country, not an area. | ||||||||
| ▲ | comrade1234 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
It's The Ukraine in German and many other gendered languages. In German it's the feminine gender (die) and cannot be avoided when constructing sentences because the article used can completely change the meaning of the sentence. | ||||||||
| ▲ | zwnow 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Didn't know I was being followed by the grammar police. | ||||||||
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