B. "THE" can not be used with: 16. Not before personal and geographic names Ex: Mary Green, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Asia ...
B. "THE" can not be used with:
16. Not before personal and geographic names
Ex: Mary Green, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Asia
17. Not before meals
Ex: She has bread for breakfast.
18. Not before sports
Ex: He plays football
19. Not before a mountain, a lake, a road
Ex: Mount Everest, Lake Windermere, Le Loi Street.
20. Not before a university, an Abbey, a church, an airport...
Ex: Oxford University, Westminster Abbey, Tan Son Nhat Airport.
21. Not before a name with positons or titles
Ex: Elizabeth II, Queen of England
They elected George chairman.
22. Not before daily idioms:
Examples:
- to/ at school: as a student or pupil
- to/at college/ university: as a student
- to/in class: as a student or pupil
- to/ into/ in church: as a christian believer
- to/in bed: as go to bed or have a rest
- to/ out of prison: as a prisoner
- to/ at/ from work: as a worker, staff, employee
- to/ at sea: as a ship or sail
- to/ in/ from town: as people in town, back town
- in dock: as ship in the harbour
- to market: as go to the market
- for breakfast, lunch, dinner: as daily meals
- by car/ bus: as a transportation
- day after day: as daily
- from top to bottom: as from the highest to the lowest
- with knife and fork: as utensils
He's in prison: he found guity and was arrested.
He's in the prison: he visits the prison.
23. Not before the names of shops, restaurants, hotels and banks which took the founders' names with the final letter s/ 's.
Ex; Harrods, Harrison's, Maxim's, MacDonalds, Claridge's, Bertram's...
24. Can not be used with newspaper and telegram headlines.
Ex: Man killed on mountain. (newspaper headline)
Wife ill must cancel holiday. (telegram headline)
25. Not before holiday's names
Ex: at Easter, on May Day, on Christmas Day
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