I took part in a discussion a while back on a different site about the validity of singular forms of country names. The person asking about this, believes that singular nominative forms, such as Românie, Franță, Germanie, Italie, Rusie, etc. should be added to declension tables. They found countless quotes on the Internet, along the lines of "Alianța pentru o Românie Curată[…]", but I just can't come to terms with it being a standard or logical grammatical conclusion.
So my question to native speakers is, am I in the wrong here? I was taught that country names are special in this respect, but I haven't found any information about it out there. Can anyone shed some light on this?
robbie
So my question to native speakers is, am I in the wrong here? I was taught that country names are special in this respect, but I haven't found any information about it out there. Can anyone shed some light on this?