The document provides guidelines for using the definite article "the" with proper nouns. It lists contexts where "the" is used, such as with continents, regions, islands, lakes, mountains, oceans, rivers, canals, deserts, jungles, forests, bridges, universities, nationalities, languages, dates, decades, centuries, eras, museums and libraries. It also lists exceptions where "the" is not used, such as with countries, planets, streets, some islands, lakes and mountains, university names before "college" or "university", and language names.

2. THE WITH PROPER NOUNS
1. When the class of noun (the + class + of +
name)
e.g : The Continent of Africa
2. With most names of regions
e.g : The East
Exceptions: New England
Southern (northern, etc)
The
is
used

3. 3. With plural islands, lakes, and
mountains.
e.g : The Seribu Islands
4. With oceans, seas, rivers, canals,
deserts, jungles, forests, and bridges
e.g: The Musi River
5. When the word college, university, or
school (the + … + of + name)
e.g : The State University of Padang

4. 6. With adjectives of nationality and other
adjectives that function as nouns
e.g : The Korean
7. With the word language
e.g : The Indonesia language
8. In dates when the number comes before the
month
e.g : The sixth of October
9. With decades, centuries, and eras
e.g : The 1700s
10. With names of museums and libraries
e.g : The library of UNP

5. 1. With names of planets, continents,
countries, states, provinces, cities, and
streets
e.g : Asia
Exceptions: (the) earth
The world
The Netherlands
2. With singular islands, lakes, and mountains
e.g : Lake Maninjau
Exceptions: The Isle of Wight
The Matterhorn (and other
mountains with German
names that are used in
English)
The is
not
used

6. 3. When the name of college or university
comes before the word college or
university.
e.g : Oxford University
Exception: The Sorbonne
4. With names of languages
e.g : Indonesia
5. In dates when the month begins the phrase
e.g : October 6
6. With specific years
e.g : 1993