Friday, December 18, 2015

grammar - USE OF AN ARTICLE "THE" WITH NOUN




I am a student of functional English. My teacher told me to search a difference between two sentences that have almost same structure except the article "THE". And because of this article the meaning of both sentences differ. I have searched many websites but i don't find the appropriate answer. So help me to find the appropriate difference between these following sentences:



1: He goes to School.



2: He goes to the School.


Answer



To my ears:




1: He goes to School.



implies he is likely a student or teacher who regularly goes to his school.



2: He goes to the School.



doesn't imply he is a student or teacher. He could go to that school for any purpose.


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