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Reegis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Jews celebrate Yom Kippur by fasting and going to the synagogue.

Hello.

Jews celebrate Yom Kippur by fasting and going to the synagogue.

Is the sentence above grammatically correct? Especially I have doubts about 'the' before 'synagogue'. For example for 'church' we normally say that somebody goes to church (without 'the').
  

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Reegis I have doubts about 'the' before 'synagogue' After the verb "go", "to the synagogue" is more commonly used that "to synagogue". t1%3B%2Cwent%20to%20the%20synagogue%3B%2Cc0 CJ

— CalifJim

  • Reegis I have doubts about 'the' before 'synagogue' After the verb "go", "to the synagogue" is more commonly used that "to synagogue".
  • t1%3B%2Cwent%20to%20the%20synagogue%3B%2Cc0 CJ
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ReegisI have doubts about 'the' before 'synagogue'
After the verb "go", "to the synagogue" is more commonly used that "to synagogue".

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CalifJimAfter the verb "go", "to the synagogue" is more commonly used that "to synagogue".
Do you mean that both are correct and it is just a matter of taste/popularity which one to choose?
Should I treat 'synagogue' as an exception then? I am asking because I was taught to use the zero article in similar cases with other institutions (go to church, be in
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ReegisShould I treat 'synagogue' as an exception then?
It depends how you look at it. If you consider all prepositional phrases in English, the exceptions are the ones you mentioned (to church, to prison, ...), and to the synagogue is not an exception (like to the bank, to the park, to the train station, to the post office, and many other
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CalifJimIt depends how you look at it.
Ach, OK, I see what you mean. We can look at it either as a regular usage (if considering all prepositional phrases) or as an exception to the exceptions above (as I see no [linguistic] difference between 'church' and 'synagogue').
CalifJimYes. Of course you would have to analyze the source documen
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