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X. days, months and seasons

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  3. The use of articles with the names of months and days, seasons, meals, languages
  4. With names of seasons when they are modified by a descriptive attribute.
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We use articles with the names of days of the week and months when we are talking about particular days or months.

E.g. We met on a wet Monday in June.

She died on the Tuesday after the accident.

But articles are not used when the meaning is 'the day/month before or afterthis one'.

E.g. See you on Thursday. See you in April.

Where were you last Saturday? We're moving next September.

To talk about the seasons in general, we can say spring or the spring, summer or the summer, etc. There is little difference. The is always used in in the fall (US).

E.g. Rome is lovely in (the) spring.

I like (the) winter best.

When we are talking about particular springs, summers etc, we are more likely to use the.

E.g. I worked very hard in the summer that year.

 

XI. musical instruments

We often use the + singular when we talk about musical instruments ingeneral, or about playing musical instruments.

E.g. The violin is really difficult.

Who's that on the piano?

But the is often dropped when talking about jazz or pop, and sometimeswhen talking about classical music.

E.g. This recording was made with Miles Davis on trumpet.

She studied oboe and saxophone at the Royal Academy of Music.

 

XII. television, (the) radio, (the) cinema and (the) theatre

When we talk about television as a form of entertainment, we do not use articles.

E.g. It's not easy to write plays for television.

Would you rather go out or watch TV?

But articles are used when television means 'a television set'. Compare:

E.g. What's on TV?

Look out! The cat's on the TV!

Articles are generally used with radio, cinema and theatre.

E.g. I always listen to the radio while I'm driving.

It was a great treat to go to the cinema or the theatre when I was a child.

But the article can be dropped when we talk about these institutions as art forms or professions.

E.g. Cinema is different from theatre in several ways.

He's worked in radio all his life.

 

XIII. jobs and positions

We normally use a/an when we say what job somebody has.

E.g. She's an architect, (NOT She's architect.)

The is not used in titles like Queen Elizabeth, President Lincoln. Compare:

E.g. Queen Elizabeth had dinner with President Kennedy.

The Queen had dinner with the President.

And the is not usually used in the complement of a sentence, when we say that somebody has or gains a unique position (the only one in the organisation).

E.g. Compare:

- They appointed him Head Librarian.

He's a librarian.

- He was elected President in 1879.

I want to see the President.

 




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