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Kenny1999 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
At station or at the station?
at station
at the station?
which one is correct?
at Mongkok railway station
or at the Mongkok railway station?
(Mongkok is the name of a place)
which one is correct?
I know it is sometimes hard to decide which articles to use but is there any general rules for using "the" or using no articles? such like the above examples which have made me feel headache.
Thanks guy.
at the station?
which one is correct?
at Mongkok railway station
or at the Mongkok railway station?
(Mongkok is the name of a place)
which one is correct?
I know it is sometimes hard to decide which articles to use but is there any general rules for using "the" or using no articles? such like the above examples which have made me feel headache.
Thanks guy.
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Hello, Kenny - and welcome to English Forums. Which one is correct? -- Common nouns ('station') take the article except for a few idiomatic exceptions ( at home, at school, at college, at church, at hospital ).
- Hello, Kenny - and welcome to English Forums.
- Which one is correct?
- -- Common nouns ('station') take the article except for a few idiomatic exceptions ( at home, at school, at college, at church, at hospital ).
- There is no reliable rule for proper nouns.
- Examples such as the above give me a headache.
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Hello, Kenny - and welcome to English Forums.
Which one is correct?-- The following are correct:
at the station
at Mongkok railway station
at the Mongkok railway station
I know it is sometimes hard to decide which articles to use but is there any general rules for using "the" or using no articles?-- Com
Which one is correct?-- The following are correct:
at the station
at Mongkok railway station
at the Mongkok railway station
I know it is sometimes hard to decide which articles to use but is there any general rules for using "the" or using no articles?-- Com
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sorry what is "proper noun"??
actually I understand that there are no 100% rule for articles because there are numerous nouns in the world, however, I just hope to know a general sense of rule.
by the way, there are a lot of railway stations because of differenct locations.
so, which one is correct for this two? ==> "at the Mongkok station" or "at Mongkok station"?
actually I understand that there are no 100% rule for articles because there are numerous nouns in the world, however, I just hope to know a general sense of rule.
by the way, there are a lot of railway stations because of differenct locations.
so, which one is correct for this two? ==> "at the Mongkok station" or "at Mongkok station"?
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A common noun is the name of a kind of person, place or thing: teenager, city, book
A proper noun is the name of a specific, individual person, place or thing: Justin Bieber, Chicago, Gone with the Wind.
This is a proper noun (Mongkok), but a common noun (station) is associated with it. As is often the case, either of these are possible:
"at the
A proper noun is the name of a specific, individual person, place or thing: Justin Bieber, Chicago, Gone with the Wind.
This is a proper noun (Mongkok), but a common noun (station) is associated with it. As is often the case, either of these are possible:
"at the
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