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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Using "The"
Why do we use "the" when saying:
"I go the movies every weekend".
But not when we say:
"I go to school everyday".
"I go the movies every weekend".
But not when we say:
"I go to school everyday".
Top answer
I go to the movies every weekend. I go to school every day. They are fixed idioms.
- I go to the movies every weekend.
- I go to school every day.
- They are fixed idioms.
- It is also correct to say I go to the school every day , but you wouldn't be attending classes in that case and therefore the sentence sounds quite odd even though it is grammatically correct.
- There is no special reason for everything people say.
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I go to the movies every weekend.
I go to school every day.
They are fixed idioms. It is also correct to say I go to the school every day, but you wouldn't be attending classes in that case and therefore the sentence sounds quite odd even though it is grammatically correct. There is no special reason for everything people say. They just say so.
I go to school every day.
They are fixed idioms. It is also correct to say I go to the school every day, but you wouldn't be attending classes in that case and therefore the sentence sounds quite odd even though it is grammatically correct. There is no special reason for everything people say. They just say so.
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I go to the movies/the theater every weekend.
"the movies" is a motion-picture theater.
"the movies" is a motion-picture theater.
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AnonymousBut not when we say:"I go to school everyday".You could add the if you are talking about a particular school and you have already mentioned it.
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Anonymous Why we use would or should?Please do not append unrelated questions to other people's threads.
Start a new thread. Thanks.
CJ
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