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Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com)
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Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.

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[–] 19 points 3 years ago (18 children)

FYI: the "the" before Ukraine is superfluous. You can just type "like Ukraine just accused you of."

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  • [–] -5 points 3 years ago (17 children)

    What about The Hague

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (15 children)

    And The United States

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  • [+] 25 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)
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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Except when you're from the Netherlands.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    In Dutch it's just called Nederland. "The" is added when referring to it in English since it makes more grammatical sense in English. The Low-Lying Lands.

    Ukraine is its full proper name, from the original name of Україна, which can be romanized to Ukraine.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    It's actually a really interesting but of english.

    We include 'the' when the type of government or state is mentioned which is why it is just China but it's the people's Republic of china or in the case of a region, like the Cotswolds.

    Ukraine was referred to as the Ukraine during the soviet Union as it was a region of a greater country. Therefore using the Ukraine basically diminishes Ukraine to a territory of another country which is sorta what they're fighting not to be.

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