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Guest  +  20544 Tue, 27 Jan 04 04:48 PM
I've noticed that definite articles are sometimes used with names of agencies/institutions (i.e. "He works for the F.B.I.") and sometimes not (i.e. "He works for NASA.")
Is there a rule for this?

Felix
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buggah  +  20579 Tue, 27 Jan 04 10:40 PM
I think you use the definite article when it's name is made up of more than one word.

I work for Microsoft.

I work for the Microsoft Corporation.
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