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I cannot understand what i should use whether “the” or “a, an” in the situation: I am going to the shop. I mean certain shop I was there before. I want to say to my friend that i am going to the shop, but my friend don’t know nothing about that shop, we did not talk about it. So, I am saying to him: I am going to the shop. Is it correct sentence? Should i use “the” in that case because i mean certain shop or perhaps i should use “a” because we have not not talked about it before?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

'I am going to the shop'. I mean a certain shop that I went to before. I want to say to my friend that I am going to the shop, but my friend don’t know nothing about that shop, because we did not talk about it. Is it correct sentence? -- It is correct because you are thinking of a particular one, whether or not your friend knows of it.

Should I use “the” in that case because I mean a certain shop or perhaps I should use “a” because we have not not talked about it before?-- You could also correctly say 'I am going to a shop' because your friend does not know of it.

We usually say 'I'm going to the shop' because we are thinking of a local one that we usually use.

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