She went to Netherlands to study. vs She went to the Netherlands to study.

Both phrases are correct, but the second one is more commonly used. The definite article 'the' is typically used before 'Netherlands' when referring to the country as a whole.

Last updated: March 26, 2024

She went to Netherlands to study.

This phrase is correct but less common in usage.

While grammatically correct, it is less common to omit the definite article 'the' before 'Netherlands' when referring to the country as a whole.

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Once we graduated, she went to study in Florence.
She went to France in order to study art.
She went to Germany to study medicine.
Mike went to Wyatt's to study.
Mike went to Wyatt's to study.
She went to an expensive private school here, but then after her A-levels, I sent her to Cairo to continue her studies.
You have no parents, went to the U.S. To study.
She went to the doctor for a routine checkup...
She went to Hong Kong to clear her head.
Yes, we searched various spellings of Seung Jo, beginning in 1999 when Cha Seung Jo went to the United States to study.
She went to Channing McClaren intending to be a whistle-blower.
And she went to visit him a few weeks ago.
She went to orlando in July.
She went to Chuncheon to see In Ha yesterday.
She went to bad schools, she's every bit as disadvantaged.
She went to get Monsieur Léonard.
She went to Channing McClaren intending to be a whistle-blower.
She went to schools back east.
She went to Open Air first.
I believe she went to church, sir.

Alternatives:

She went to the Netherlands to study.

She went to the Netherlands to study.

This phrase is correct and commonly used.

This is the more common and preferred way to refer to the country as a whole by using the definite article 'the' before 'Netherlands'.

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Once we graduated, she went to study in Florence.
She went to France in order to study art.
She went to Germany to study medicine.
The Commission addressed such an opinion to the Netherlands to the Council on 19 May 2004.
I want to say to the rapporteur and Mr Eisma that there is a problem in the fact that we transport calves from Denmark to the Netherlands to be fattened up, after which they are transported back again.
All this depends on starting up the 9th EDF and I would urge Mr van den Burg when he returns to the Netherlands to make sure that the last remaining country in the convoy takes the necessary action, so that we are ready to access 9th EDF money.
In order to ascertain whether they may constitute a new restriction within the meaning of the Community-Turkey Association Agreement, the Commission is in the course of writing to the Netherlands to seek further details.
In order to ascertain whether they may constitute a new restriction within the meaning of the Community-Turkey Association Agreement, the Commission is in the course of writing to the Netherlands to seek further details.
Mike went to Wyatt's to study.
Mike went to Wyatt's to study.
This Decision is addressed to the Netherlands.
She went to an expensive private school here, but then after her A-levels, I sent her to Cairo to continue her studies.
You have no parents, went to the U.S. To study.
You can accompany them to the Netherlands and then continue on.
The dossier submitted to the Netherlands was only bibliographic.
All other import licences shall be issued to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
Through indirect contact with infected sites, the disease also spread to the Netherlands.
The president has named you Our minister to the netherlands.
He weighed 38 kilos when he escaped from prison during the 1956 Hungarian uprising and fled to the Netherlands.
This tracing exercise included some limited exports of poultrymeat to the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Austria.

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She went to Netherlands to study. vs She went to the Netherlands to study.