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Re: Netherlands verses Holland - Which is when?
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lugnet.loc.nl
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Mon, 27 Sep 1999 21:00:36 GMT
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Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote in message
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> The Netherlands is more formal than Holland, but otherwise both are used
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) Apologies to Mark "The genuine article" de Kock ;-)
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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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| 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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