Why do some singular proper nouns require "the" while others do not? For example, it is correct to say just "Stonehenge" but it is also correct to say "The Great Wall of China"?

1 Answer
Nov 25, 2016

See explanation.


If the name of a place contains of we use the definite article before it.


the Bank of England, the Houses of Parliament,
the Great Wall of China

Source: Raymond Murphy, English Grammar in Use, p. 154