25 Dec
2003
25 Dec
'03
3:25 a.m.
Yes, this is the formal explain :-)
I couldn't do better than your explain, Nico.
Cheers
Sergio
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From: "Nico de Jong" <nico(a)farumdata.dk>
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Newtonsday!
"Desde Espa?a" is "from Spain",
literally.
To use "from the Spain" is more formal, like
"from the USA"
or "from the Germany". But curiously, you can see more commonly
"from the USA" than "from the Germany" or "from the
Australia"
or "from the Italy".
That is not so strange, as "from the USA" is literally "from the United
_States_", i.e. plural form.
Neither "from the Germany" nor the others qualify as plural.
Exception: "from the Netherlands", but this is because Netherlands means
"low countries" (again : plural)
Nico