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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The article

If the bookstore that I buy a book every week is the same place, but the listener don't know anything about the bookstore, which article is right in the following sentence?

I go to [a/the] bookstore every Friday.
  

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I go to [a/the] bookstore every Friday Both are fine. 'The bookstore' means 'that type of store'.

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  • I go to [a/the] bookstore every Friday Both are fine.
  • 'The bookstore' means 'that type of store'.
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lucas21cwhich article is right in the following sentence?I go to [a/the] bookstore every Friday
Both are fine. 'The bookstore' means 'that type of store'.
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Then, how about "I go to the library every Saturday" or "I go to the town every Sunday?" Even if the listener doesn't know anything about the library or town, can I use 'the' and they can be interpreted as 'that type of library' and 'that type of town' respectively?
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lucas21cThen, how about "I go to the library every Saturday" or "I go to the town every Sunday?"
The first is natural; in the second (unless you live far in the countryside) we omit the article because 'town' means 'downtown'.
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Are all of 'go downtown', 'go to downtown', and 'go to the downtown' okay? How about 'go town'?
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lucas21cAre all of 'go downtown', 'go to downtown', and 'go to the downtown' okay? How about 'go town'?
No. Only 'go to town' and 'go downtown' are correct.
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