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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Hi, Can you help me ?

I want to write to my friend about my holiday. I´m staying at a hotel.

My sentences : The tennis courts are closed. The food is awful. The beach is far. (Do I need to use article- the -at the beginning of the sentences).

Thank you !
  

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Yes. You are talking about specific things, the tennis courts there, the food there and the beach there.

— Mark Callan

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  • You are talking about specific things, the tennis courts there, the food there and the beach there.
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Yes. You are talking about specific things, the tennis courts there, the food there and the beach there.
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'The beach is far' is not a natural sentence.

We'd say 'The beach is a long way away.'

Rover
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Hi,
AnonymousThe beach is far.
No. Change this to the following:

The beach is a long way from here.
Anonymous Do I need to use the definite article at the beginning of each sentence?
Yes. You are speaking of things that are identified or specified.

Regards
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Mark, Rover and Regards have given the correct answer to your question.
I would just like to add that if you are writing on something where space is limited (like a postcard), you could conceivably remove the article by recasting in a more compact way.
Dear Jim,
This place is a dump. Tennis courts closed, food awful, beach far away. Never stay here. It's not as advertised and
I'm c
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