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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is the sentence grammatical?

"Was there a need to go to bursar's office because of any tuition reimbursement?"

P.S. I am not talking about a specific school and that is why I omitted the article preceding "bursar's office"?

Thanks!
  

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S. I am not talking about a specific school and that is why I omitted the article preceding "bursar's office"? In that case, you should use the indefinite article, "a bursar's office," if I understand you correctly.

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  • I am not talking about a specific school and that is why I omitted the article preceding "bursar's office"?
  • In that case, you should use the indefinite article, "a bursar's office," if I understand you correctly.
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  • This can refer to a generic school library.
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Anonymous"Was there a need to go to bursar's office because of any tuition reimbursement?"

P.S. I am not talking about a specific school and that is why I omitted the article preceding "bursar's office"?
In that case, you should use the indefinite article, "a bursar's office," if I understand you correctly.

Also, since all schools requiring
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Hi A,

Thanks for the reply! Would "Was there a need to go to school ever since you graduated?" make sense? What I'm trying to learn is should I use the article when I'm giving general instances?

For e.g. Was there a need to go to hospital since your last visit to your physician's office? Should the article be included if the version of English that is being spoken is AmE? Is the
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He is in hospital, and He must go to hospital are British uses. In AmE, we always use the article (a or the).

There are certain specific nouns which don't take the article with certain verbs, or in certain circumstances. I believe this is true on both sides of the pond.

go to church; stay at church

go to school; home from school
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