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    The document discusses the use of definite and indefinite articles in English sentences. It provides examples of sentences using articles correctly and explains the reasons for using definite or indefinite articles in each case. Key points covered include: - Using "a" with singular countable nouns when referring to something nonspecific or for the first time. - Using "the" with singular countable nouns when referring to something specific or already mentioned. - Distinguishing between "at sea", "at the seaside", "to sea", and "to the seaside" based on location. - Noting the difference between "go to hospital" as a patient and "go to the hospital" as

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    The document discusses the use of definite and indefinite articles in English sentences. It provides examples of sentences using articles correctly and explains the reasons for using definite or indefinite articles in each case. Key points covered include: - Using "a" with singular countable nouns when referring to something nonspecific or for the first time. - Using "the" with singular countable nouns when referring to something specific or already mentioned. - Distinguishing between "at sea", "at the seaside", "to sea", and "to the seaside" based on location. - Noting the difference between "go to hospital" as a patient and "go to the hospital" as

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    The document discusses the use of definite and indefinite articles in English sentences. It provides examples of sentences using articles correctly and explains the reasons for using definite or indefinite articles in each case. Key points covered include: - Using "a" with singular countable nouns when referring to something nonspecific or for the first time. - Using "the" with singular countable nouns when referring to something specific or already mentioned. - Distinguishing between "at sea", "at the seaside", "to sea", and "to the seaside" based on location. - Noting the difference between "go to hospital" as a patient and "go to the hospital" as

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    Topic: Definite and Indefinite Articles

    Read the following sentences and explain why we used the article in red.

    1. Kate has been talking to a customer who has just come into the shop.
    2. John uses the Internet a lot.
    3. She went to the zoo, but she didn't see the monkeys there. She hates X monkeys.
    4. You won't like that restaurant. The food isn't very good there.
    5. People don't write X letters nowadays. They write X emails. But I haven't written
    an email for ages.
    6. Well Mary, here's the first question and it's an easy one.
    7. Jerry works in an office in the centre of X London.
    8. Statistics say that X women live longer than X men.
    9. Can you describe the most interesting place you have ever visited?
    10. Jamaica is an island in the Caribbean Sea.
    11. He chose a school that has the best teachers.
    12. I saw an interesting documentary on X TV.
    13. Have you ever been to the United Arab Emirates?
    14. My dream is to reach X Mount Everest and the Rockies.
    15. I like X coffee but I don't like the coffee they make at the office.
    16. She has a job in a shop in X Oxford Street.
    17. My friend Zoe went to the hospital to see her father.
    18. Larry went to X bed very late last night.
    19. She's looking for X work but at the moment she doesn't have any hope of getting a
    job.
    20. I have an aunt in X Sydney and few other relatives In the USA.
    21. X Freedom and X independence are very valuable in our modern life.
    22. Angela is looking for a romantic holiday somewhere in the south.
    23. The man went to X prison because he had killed two women.

    TV or The TV??
    sea or the sea??
    1. at sea - meaning on the water (e.g. There are many yachts at sea)
    2. at the sea = at the seaside - meaning on the shore (e.g. I spent two weeks with my
    family at the seaside)
    3. to sea - onto the water (e.g. I went on my ship to sea.)
    4. to the sea = to the seaside - meaning onto the shore (We got to the sea in our car but
    to get further we would have to use a ship.)

    To hospital or to the hospital??

    1. When you "go to hospital", you are a patient. When you "go to the hospital",
    you are a visitor.

    2. IN AE it is to the hospital, while in BE it is to hospital.

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