{"id":2806,"date":"2025-11-09T11:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T02:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2025-11-09T14:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T05:28:56","slug":"dont-use-the-with-these-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/?p=2806","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; with these words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Don&#039;t Use &quot;THE&quot; with These Words\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/27biY40mdV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No &#8216;the&#8221; when it&#8217;s on activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>: I&#8217;m going to bed now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; when we describe everyday places and activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>school, work, class, bed, church<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use &#8220;the&#8221; when it&#8217;s a place or physical location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>: The school is on the corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m in class now (activity)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The class when on a trip (group of students)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">musical instruments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>use &#8220;the&#8221; when talking about playing an instrument<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>when talking about the instrument itself us &#8220;a&#8221; or &#8220;an&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>: I&#8217;m playing <strong>the<\/strong> piano<br>: I bought <strong>a<\/strong> piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; with lakes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>: Lake Tahoe, Lake Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use &#8220;the&#8221; with rivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>: The Nile River, The Amazon River<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; with mountains (individual)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>: Mount Everest, Mount Fuji<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ab133e2d3112e5eb01919e8f2245246\">Don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; for countries unless the country includes a political title or group name or a plural<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>: the United States, the United Kingdom, the Dominican Republic the Netherlands, the Philippines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They visited France last summer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They visited <strong>the<\/strong> United Kingdom last summer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I would love to go to Korea.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I would love to go to the Philippines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">university<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b9db81cf66642e5545aeda8ecf6e8c62\">Don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; with schools and universities if the world &#8220;of&#8221; is in the name, use &#8220;the&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>: She goes to Harvard University.<br>: She studied at <strong>the<\/strong> University of California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">time expressions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fd7e639a2b02ea3c2e65d5f88a48ae20\">Don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; with &#8220;next&#8221; and &#8220;last&#8221; when referring to a time from now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>: next, the next, last, the last<br>: I&#8217;m going to Italy next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use &#8220;the&#8221; with &#8220;next&#8221; and &#8220;last&#8221; if referring to another time from the past or a story<br>: He arrived the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ordinal numbers<br>: the first, the second, the last<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first time I&#8217;m doing that.<br>He lives on the fourth floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardinal numbers: don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; (one, two, three..)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>: I&#8217;m on the third page. I&#8217;m on page three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>use &#8220;the&#8221; when the date comes before the month<br>: the 5th of July, the1st of January<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; when the month comes first<br>: July 1st, December 25th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No &#8216;the&#8221; when it&#8217;s on activity : I&#8217;m going to bed now We don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; when we describe everyday places and activities Use &#8220;the&#8221; when it&#8217;s a place or physical location : The school is on the corner. I&#8217;m in class now (activity) The class when on a trip (group of students) musical instruments : I&#8217;m playing the piano: I bought a piano Don&#8217;t use &#8220;the&#8221; with lakes : Lake Tahoe, Lake Michigan Use &#8220;the&#8221; with rivers : The&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/?p=2806\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[279,280],"class_list":["post-2806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7","tag-english","tag-grammar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2812,"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions\/2812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skanto.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}