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 #2 (permalink) Mon Aug 04, 2008 13:08 pm thrown in prision vs. thrown in the prison |
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Hi Alex
If the reference is not to a particular prison, you would omit the word 'the' as follows:
- thrown in prison
- thrown in jail
BUT if you use 'slammer', you need to include the word 'the'.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Aug 04, 2008 14:02 pm thrown in prision vs. thrown in the prison |
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| Yankee wrote: |
Hi Alex
If the reference is not to a particular prison, you would omit the word 'the' as follows:
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Hi, Amy
That is the reason why I picked up on the definite article before the word "prison" in the test sentence  - definitely we don't have in mind any particular prison, do we?
I understand that we can only say "to throw somebody in the slammer", but why do we have to say The armed robbers were quickly apprehended and then thrown in the prison ? Maybe it is a misprint ? |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Aug 04, 2008 14:17 pm thrown in prision vs. thrown in the prison |
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Hi Alex
Yes, the way the test question is currently programmed is a bit misleading. That problem could possibly be solved this way, for example:
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The armed robbers were quickly apprehended and then thrown in the slammer.
(a) in prison
(b) into cold storage
(c) in the work camp
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Aug 04, 2008 14:54 pm thrown in prision vs. thrown in the prison |
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We've removed the article and so the sentence will soon read "... in prison".
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