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LouiST Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

'the'

I don't get when we have to put 'the' in front of placed and stuff.
For example:

I am now going to the central park.
I am now going to central park.

Do we put 'the' in front of specific places like:
I'm at the Prime Tower.
I'm at Prime Tower. (It's the highest building of Switzerland, so there's no second one)

I hope you know what my problem is.
Thanks in advance,
LS
  

Top answer

Hi, Here's the basic idea. Don't put 'the' with a proper noun, ie if it is a name with capitals. eg I am going to the central park in the city.

— Clive

  • Hi, Here's the basic idea.
  • Don't put 'the' with a proper noun, ie if it is a name with capitals.
  • eg I am going to the central park in the city.
  • eg I am going to Central Park.
  • There are some exceptions, particularly proper noun phrases where 'The' is part of the official name, eg The British Museum eg The University of Oxford Clive
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Hi,

Here's the basic idea. Don't put 'the' with a proper noun, ie if it is a name with capitals.
eg I am going to the central park in the city.
eg I am going to Central Park.

There are some exceptions,
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You can read about proper nouns that take "the"

CB
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Huh, it's even harder to understand than I thought it would be...
Thank you, though.
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Hi LS,
This is what I suggest as a rule-of -thumb. When you make reference of public places, i.e. hospitals, library, police station,
gas stations, supermarkets, banks, airport...you get the idea, " the " is almost a sure bet. I am going to the mall after work.

For proper names and famous places, it is a hit-and-miss thing. We just have to learn to remember them. Some are p
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Nice answer! Thank you, dimsumexpress Emotion: smile
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