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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
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The supermarket vs a supermarket

Why do we always use "the" before supermarket, cinema, beach...?

  

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Jigneshbharati Why do we always use "the" before supermarket, cinema, beach...? Sometimes we use "a". It depends on the context and sentence.

  • Jigneshbharati Why do we always use "the" before supermarket, cinema, beach...?
  • Sometimes we use "a".
  • It depends on the context and sentence.
  • Let's see if the latest "Star Wars" movie is playing at a cinema nearby.
  • If we go, I'd like to stop by a supermarket on the way home.
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JigneshbharatiWhy do we always use "the" before supermarket, cinema, beach...?

Sometimes we use "a". It depends on the context and sentence.

Let's see if the latest "Star Wars" movie is playing at a cinema nearby. If we go, I'd like to stop by a supermarket on the way home. I need to pick up some bread and milk.

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