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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Go to cinema or go to the cinema
I'm meeting some friends after work and we're going to (the) cinema.
I figure that, in this sentence, "cinema" doesn't refer particular to a cinema. But "a" cinema doesn't make sence here, so my answer is "going to cinema". "The" cinema should have more context I think. Could you show me your opinion?
I figure that, in this sentence, "cinema" doesn't refer particular to a cinema. But "a" cinema doesn't make sence here, so my answer is "going to cinema". "The" cinema should have more context I think. Could you show me your opinion?
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"going to cinema" is not correct. One would usually say "going to the cinema". This does not have to refer to a cinema previously mentioned or known to the listener.
- "going to cinema" is not correct.
- One would usually say "going to the cinema".
- This does not have to refer to a cinema previously mentioned or known to the listener.
- "going to a cinema" is possible but less common.
- This tends to sound as if it's a cinema that the speaker doesn't know, maybe as if someone else has arranged everything.
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"going to cinema" is not correct. One would usually say "going to the cinema". This does not have to refer to a cinema previously mentioned or known to the listener. "going to a cinema" is possible but less common. This tends to sound as if it's a cinema that the speaker doesn't know, maybe as if someone else has arranged everything.
"go to + noun without article" works only in a few spec
"go to + noun without article" works only in a few spec
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Going to the cinema/station/theatre/circus/opera is correct because these are idiomatic.
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