GIVE A RIDE

0 Could you please give me a lift to ABC supermarket 0-

0 Hi Optilang, wouldyou use a 'the' if it was Target/Walmart/Tesco.02br
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00Could you please give me a ride to (the) Walmart? 0-

0 I would not use 'the'02br
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00Can you give me a lift to Tesco/Walmart/Sainsbury. Very often these names are used in the plural - 02br
00Can you give me a lift to Tescos/Sainsburys (don't know about Walmart - we don't have them)02br
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00Where did you buy that?02br
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00I bought it from Tesco/Tescos - both are common

0 How about KFC, McDonald's, Burger King?02br
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00Fill in the blanks using the above.02br
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00I work at __02br
00I went to __02br
00Give me a ride to __ 0-

0I work at/for KFC02br
00I went to McDonald's02br
00Give me a ride/lift to Burger King02br
00I work at the KFC on the High Street02br
00I went to the McDonald's behind the Shell garage.02br
00Give me a ride/lift to the Burger King opposite the Nat West Bank. 0-

0I'm sorry.I promise this will be my last post.02br
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00Is there a reason there is no 'the' when additional modifiers are not present?02br
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00I'm quite sure native speakers say "I went to THE bank", "I went to The post office", "take me to the beach", "give me a ride to the park"02br
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00Thanks in advance.0-

1i00I'm quite sure native speakers say "I went to THE bank", "I went to The post office", "take me to the beach", "give me a ride to the park"02i02br
00Yes I do.02br
00But I also say:02br
00Come with me to Tescos02br
00Take me to Tescos02br
00I went to McDonald's last night.02br
00(By the way, you can post as

0Thanks for the generous offer. I just don't understand why 'the' is perfectly OK in some contexts like those I gave but not in others like those you said.02br
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00I know there are no rules. I'd appreciate it if you could attempt to explain the difference. You can take the following examples02br
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00Take me to the post office02br
00Take

0I say02br
00Take me to the Post Office but 01b00NOT02b00 Take me to Post Office!02br
00Take me to Tescos 02br
00Take me to KFC02br
00Take me to the KFC on the high street02br
00Take me to the new Tesco near the swimming pool.02br
00Take me to the swimming pool02br
00Hope this helps a bit

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01cite10optilang12cite10I work at the KFC 11b10on the High Street12b12blockquote

11b01i00Just to confirm: Shouldn't it be 'on High Street' (without 'the')?02i02b0-