I. To or in
Dans
+ definite article + name — with Countries having a distinctive adjunct.
Il va (voyage) dans /'Amérique du Sud {dans les Indes Occidentales).
Masculine names of states and provinces.
Il va (demeure) dans le Massachusetts {dans le Lyonnais).
Ail names of departments.
H est né dans la Meuse {dans le Calvados).
1 There are numerous cases which this note, long as it is, does not •over. The author hopes that it is true, however, as far as it goes.
Exercises
. A + definite article + name — with most masculine singular and plural (masc. or fem.) names of countries.