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Mark de Kock wrote in message ... (...) The Netherlands is more formal than Holland, but otherwise both are used interchangebly in English. However, as Mark notes, *in Dutch* there's a difference between Nederland and Holland, as Holland should (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote in message news:FIpKxM.Jwo@lugnet.com... (...) So does that mean "the Netherlands" is actually "The Netherlands" ie the T in "the" is a capital? Thanks Sanjay "I'm pedantic when I wanna be" D'Souza (1) (1) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... (...) I just capitalized 'The' becvause it's the start of a sentence (or 'The Netherlands' is a seperate phrase). Otherwise i would speak of the Netherlands in a sentence. Not sure about this, Eric (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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