I can play the guitar (classical, natch), and Paco can play flute. Is there even 
a rule for this flexibility?

Paul
 "If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable 
fiction" (_Twelfth Night_ 3.4.127-128). 





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Or instruments: Why does Jamie play guitar but Paco plays the flute?

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From: Jane Saral <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 23:40:59 GMT+00:00
>Subject: Re: Definite Article Question
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>Or what about Interstates?  We say The 5 and The 15 but 75, 85, and 95.
>Jane
>
>
>On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:19 PM, T. J. Ray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>Someone asked why we supply "the" before some business names and not before 
>>others.  In this town we have restaurants with names such as Snack Shack, 
>Boure,
>>Downtown Grill, McDonald's.  Why would someone need to say "I'm going to eat 
at
>>Boure" as opposed to "I'm dining at the Snack Shack"?
>>
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