What time does the class start tomorrow?

[Mj_Developer]

Is the following question correct?

What time does the class start tomorrow?

[James M]

I think that your question is PERFECT! (By the way, I think that many native speakers would leave out "the." But since you are learning English, I think that you should definitely use it.)

[Beeesneees]

There is a subtle difference:

What time does the class start tomorrow? -- This single specific lesson.
What time does class start tomorrow? -- This one out of the series of lessons which make up this unit of study.
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[Torsten]

And what is the difference between these two questions:
What time does the lesson start tomorrow? and
What time does the class start tomorrow?

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[Beeesneees]

Unless this particular 'class' does not include any teaching, there isn't one.
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[Torsten]

But you would not say 'What time does lesson start tomorrow'?, would you?

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[Beeesneees]

No, because that is about one specific lesson, not the series of lessons.
What time do lessons start this term? is perfectly acceptable.
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[Alan]

Hi Torsten,

To elaborate on your questions: When does the class/the lesson start? refers naturally to the class and the lesson which we both know as students.

When does class start? without the article uses 'class' as a representative word for 'school' 'tuition' and so on, which wouldn't attract an article. It is in a way a figure of speech somewhere between synecdoche and metonymy.

Alan
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