DON'T say "I'm going to U.S.A."!

Hey students, this is a quick video to warn you about a mistake. I've often seen in homework from my students They write sentences like these. I'm going to USA next year. We visited United States My friend is from US. Can you find the mistake? All three sentences are missing the word the I'm Going to the USA next year. We visited the United States. My friend is from the US Here's the thing in English most country names do not use the word the we do not say the Brazil or the Canada but there are some exceptions and the United States is one of them the United States and the USA or the US Another exception is the United Kingdom or the UK for the individual countries inside the United Kingdom We don't use the England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland Don't say the England, but you must say the UK the United Kingdom some other countries that fall into this category of exceptions are the Philippines the Netherlands the United Arab Emirates the Dominican Republic The Democratic Republic of the Congo the Bahamas and the Marshall Islands now a quick note about islands when we have a group of islands then we usually say the The Marshall Islands, which is a country or the Hawaiian Islands within the u.s But for a single island, then we don't use the if the word island is last Long Island Easter Island Prince Edward Island We do use the if the word island or isle is first the island of Maui the Isle of Sky Got it before most country names don't use the but we always use the for the United States Or the u.s. Listen, I've got an entire course to help you identify and avoid mistakes like these It's the 200 common errors in English course and it covers not only grammar mistakes, but also mistakes in spelling Vocabulary pronunciation and even common mistakes and problems in your English learning strategy Click on the link under this video to join the course so you can find and fix your English errors fast That's all for today make sure to subscribe to my channel so you don't miss a single video And why don't you post what country you're from in the comments? I'm from the US Bye for now