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). ________________________________ From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, September 12, 2011 8:18:41 PM Subject: Re: Definite Article Question Or instruments: Why does Jamie play guitar but Paco plays the flute? Sent via DroidX2 on Verizon Wireless™ -----Original message----- From: Jane Saral <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Sent: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 23:40:59 GMT+00:00 >Subject: Re: Definite Article Question > > >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"? >> >> >> >>To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: >>http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the >>list" >> >>Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: >http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the >list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/