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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The + names of shows

For the names of tv shows, do you add "the" for the following sentence?

1. The name of show: go go - let's watch (the) go go
2. Car wash - let's watch (the) car wash
3. Make cake - let's watch (the) make cake
4. Whale - let's watch (the) whale.

Thank you.
  

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No, the actual name of something is definite, no need for the definite article: "Let's watch Friends_." Of course, the title might include the article: "Let's watch _The Jerry Seinfeld Show."

You can watch a particular car wash (a place, not the movie), and you can watch a particular whale. But not "make cake."
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deadratYou can watch a particular car wash (a place, not the movie), and you can watch a particular whale. but not "make cake."
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Thank you.

I got the concept that "the" isn't necessary for names of tv programs, definitely, at the beginning. what if, however, a conversation goes as below:

A: let's watch bus medley.
B: how about Lucy?
A: I want (the) bus medley.
B: um...ok, let's watch the bus medley.

do the next two thes sound ok?
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onizo Thank you. I got the concept that "the" isn't necessary for names of TV programs- definitely not at the beginning. What if, however, a conversation goes as below: A: let's watch Bus Medley. B: How about Lucy? A: I want (the) Bus Medley. B: um... OK, let's watch the Bus
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