Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’.
I have an invite from a friend to visit the Canada and United States next month.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Canada and the United States.
- If the country is plural we use 'the'. If the country name is common nouns, use the - “The People’s Republic of China” (more than one people); “The Philippines” (more than one island); “The United Kingdom” (more than one country); “The United States of America” (more than one state).
- For other countries, we don’t use an article. Ex: France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Canada, etc. Like “North America” and “South America” are the proper nouns, names for two continents. So we won't use “the” before them.
- So, the chosen option will improve the sentence grammatically and contextually.
The correct sentence will be-
I have an invite from a friend to visit Canada and the United States next month.