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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
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0Can I say,02br
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00(a) We can go to the / - Mid Valley Shopping Complex and watch a movie at (the / -) Mega Superstar Cinema. 0-
  

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0 I would consider those names "false proper nouns" in spite of the capitalization, because they are purely descriptive in nature and end in a generic noun (complex; cinema). So I would not treat them as proper nouns for which "the" is omitted. 02i 02br 02br 00 CJ0-

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  • 0 I would consider those names "false proper nouns" in spite of the capitalization, because they are purely descriptive in nature and end in a generic noun (complex; cinema).
  • So I would not treat them as proper nouns for which "the" is omitted.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 I would consider those names "false proper nouns" in spite of the capitalization, because they are purely descriptive in nature and end in a generic noun (complex; cinema). So I would not treat them as proper nouns for which "the" is omitted. I would use "the" in both cases.02br
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01i00We can go to 01b00the02b00 Mid-Valley Shopping Com
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0So I would not treat them as proper nouns for which "the" is omitted. 02br
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00Is that mean we can ommit "the" in my sentence? Sorry, I'm not understand.02br
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01i00We can go to 01b00the02b00 Mid-Valley Shopping Complex and watch a movie at 01b00the02b00 Mega Superstar Cinema.02i0-
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0 This sentence is correct:02br
01i00We can go to 01b00the02b00 Mid-Valley Shopping Complex and watch a movie at 01b00the02b00 Mega Superstar Cinema.02br
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02i00This sentence is 01b00not02b00 correct:01i02br
02i00We can go to Mid-Valley Shopping Comple
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