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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
School vs bank
Why do we place an article before the word 'bank' in the following sentence:
"I go to the bank"
Yet we omit the article when the location is a school, as in:
"I go to school"
It seems I could replace the object with just about any location and an article would be placed before it, but 'school' is somehow an exception.
Please help.
Liam
"I go to the bank"
Yet we omit the article when the location is a school, as in:
"I go to school"
It seems I could replace the object with just about any location and an article would be placed before it, but 'school' is somehow an exception.
Please help.
Liam
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There are a few other location-nouns that work the same way. For example, "... " "...
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There are a few other location-nouns that work the same way. For example,
"... to church."
"... to college/university."
"... to hospital."
"... to prison."
"... to town."
"... to market."
Comparing sentences such as "I'm going to church/school" and "I'm going to a/the church/school", it's apparent that omitting the article imparts the
"... to church."
"... to college/university."
"... to hospital."
"... to prison."
"... to town."
"... to market."
Comparing sentences such as "I'm going to church/school" and "I'm going to a/the church/school", it's apparent that omitting the article imparts the
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It also seems that university in AmE is rarely used without an article.
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