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Today's expression is, well, I'm going to teach you the difference between go to school and go to the school.

So, go to school. I go to school. When did you go to school? When did you go to the school? I go to the school. What's the difference here?

Is there a difference?

Well, yes, actually, there is a difference.

If you go to school, that actually means you, it could mean that you attend the school. You could be a student or you could be a teacher, maybe a coach.

I go to school. So what do you do on the weekend? I go to school. I study. That's what that means.

What's your job? I go to school. That means I'm a student. So without the word the, when we talk about school, go to school, we actually think of classes. Once again, it could be a student taking classes or a teacher teaching classes, maybe a coach, coaching some sports games, something like that.

Now, so go to the school.

In that case, it means physically going from A to B.

So what are you doing on Friday?

I'm going to the school. Now, in this case, the school

probably means your children's school or the nearby school, or it could be the school that you

attend. But once again, when we say go to the school, we're not thinking classes. We're

thinking of a physical location. Does that make sense? Let's check out a dialogue. I'm going to the

school. You go to school there too?

No, I'm meeting a friend.

Oh, I'll go with. I've got a class.

There you go.

The woman is going to the school in order to meet a friend.

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