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I have made up a sentence below.
(1) I am going to shop at ABC Store at 201 Broadway Avenue.
My non-native English speaking friends think the sentence would sound better if you added "the" after "at" because you are talking about that specific store.
(2) I am going to shop at the ABC Store at 201 Broadway Avenue.
Do I need the definite article? I really appreciate your help.
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In cases like this, "store" would normally be used as a common noun (not capitalised), and, being a singular countable noun, would need an article or other determiner, normally "the": I am going to shop at the ABC s tore at 201 Broadway Avenue. If the store's proper name is used by itself, there may be no article: I am going to shop at Selfridges in Oxford Street. But there may be a definite article if you are distinguishing one branch from another: I got it at the Sainsbury's in Castle Street.
- In cases like this, "store" would normally be used as a common noun (not capitalised), and, being a singular countable noun, would need an article or other determiner, normally "the": I am going to shop at the ABC s tore at 201 Broadway Avenue.
- If the store's proper name is used by itself, there may be no article: I am going to shop at Selfridges in Oxford Street.
- But there may be a definite article if you are distinguishing one branch from another: I got it at the Sainsbury's in Castle Street.
- You have written your sentence as if "Store" is part of the proper name of "ABC Store", which may not be correct.
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In cases like this, "store" would normally be used as a common noun (not capitalised), and, being a singular countable noun, would need an article or other determiner, normally "the":
I am going to shop at the ABC store at 201 Broadway Avenue.
If the store's proper name is used by itself, there may be no article:
I am going to shop at Selfridges in Oxf
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