Proper Nouns without THE

Proper Nouns without THE

We do not use "the" with names of people. For example:

Bill (not *the Bill)
Hilary
Clinton
Gates
Hilary Gates

We do not normally use "the" with names of companies. For example:

Renault, Ford, Sony, EnglishClub.com
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

We do not normally use "the" for shops, banks, hotels etc named after a founder or other person (with -'s or -s). For example:

Harrods, Marks & Spencer, Maceys
Barclays Bank
Steve's Hotel, Joe's Cafe, McDonalds
St John's Church, St Peter's Cathedral

We do not normally use "the" with names of places. For example:

Washington (not *the Washington), Paris, Tokyo
Texas, Kent, Eastern Europe
England, Italy, Brazil
Asia, Europe, North America
Corsica
Everest

Exception! If a country name includes "States","Kingdom", "Republic" etc, we use "the":

the United States, the US, the United States of America, the USA
the United Kingdom, the UK
the French Republic

We do not use "the" with "President/Doctor/Mr etc + Name":

President Bush (not *the President Bush)
Captain Kirk, Detective Colombo
Doctor Well, Dr Well, Professor Dolittle
Uncle Jack, Aunt Jill
Mr Gates (not *the Mr Gates), Mrs Clinton, Miss Black

Look at these example sentences:
I wanted to speak to the doctor.
I wanted to speak to Doctor Brown.
Who was the president before President Kennedy?

We do not use "the" with "Lake/Mount + Name":

Lake Victoria
Mount Everest

Look at this example sentence:
We live beside Lake Victoria. We have a fantastic view across the lake.
We do not normally use "the" for roads, streets, squares, parks etc:

Oxford Street, Trenholme Road, Fifth Avenue
Trafalgar Square, Oundle Place, Piccadilly Circus
Central Park, Kew Gardens

Many big, important buildings have names made of two words (for example, Kennedy Airport). If the first word is the name of a person or place, we do not normally use "the":

Kennedy Airport, Alexander Palace, St Paul's Cathedral
Heathrow Airport, Waterloo Station, Edinburgh Castle

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