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Anglista2008 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

at/in the cinema/theatre... ?

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00More preopositions. This time - would a native speaker rather say:02br
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001) I was AT or IN the theatre yesterday.02br
002) I was AT or IN the cinema yesterday.02br
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00And do I HAVE to use the definite article? Couldn't I simply say 01i00a theatre/a cinema 02i00?02br
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0I would say at the theatre or more specific at the movie theatre or at the movies. Regarding the definite article, it's often used because it sort of refers to the place that you always go or the nearest one, for example, I went to 01i 00the 02i 00beach, I was at the post office, I was at the bank. However, you can say at a park because there's usually many parks in a town.

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  • 0I would say at the theatre or more specific at the movie theatre or at the movies.
  • Regarding the definite article, it's often used because it sort of refers to the place that you always go or the nearest one, for example, I went to 01i 00the 02i 00beach, I was at the post office, I was at the bank.
  • However, you can say at a park because there's usually many parks in a town.
  • You get used to it as you read more.
  • These are the common ones I've learned from natives and papers.
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0I would say at the theatre or more specific at the movie theatre or at the movies. Regarding the definite article, it's often used because it sort of refers to the place that you always go or the nearest one, for example, I went to 01i00the 02i00beach, I was at the post office, I was at the bank. However, you can say at a park because there's usually many parks in a town.
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10More preopositions. This time - would a native speaker rather say:12br
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