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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Use of "the"

Hi,
You say "go to school, go to church, go to market.."

without "the", but you say "go to the post office, go to the library".

Why is it so?

Thank you,

zmon
  

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Hi Zmon go to school = go there to study go to church = go there to worship go to market = go there to buy the things needed go to prison = go there as a prisoner I wonder whether the above usage is the same in AmE. But you say "go to the post office, go to the library". Why is it so?

— Yoong Liat

  • Hi Zmon go to school = go there to study go to church = go there to worship go to market = go there to buy the things needed go to prison = go there as a prisoner I wonder whether the above usage is the same in AmE.
  • But you say "go to the post office, go to the library".
  • Why is it so?
  • Because the usage without 'the' cannot be applied to 'post office' and 'library'.
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Hi Zmon

go to school = go there to study
go to church = go there to worship
go to market = go there to buy the things needed
go to prison = go there as a prisoner

I wonder whether the above usage is the same in AmE.

But you say "go to the post office, go to the library".
Why is it so? Because the usage without 'the' cannot be applied to 'post office' an
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Yoong LiatI wonder whether the above usage is the same in AmE.
I go to the market, to the supermarket, to the grocery store. Otherwise the usage is the same (regarding school, church, and prison).

CJ
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