WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?

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WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?

catiahenriques

WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?

Hi. I �m preparing a worksheet about sports and activities but I have some doubts:

1. use a computer or use computer

2. play the piano or play piano

3. play the cello or play cello

WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?

Can you help me?

Thanks.

C�tia

16 Nov 2009

- play THE piano/cello (and any other musical instrument)
- play ON the computer or play computer games
- use a computer (or the computer if there �s only one)

16 Nov 2009

alien boy

you nee to explain the context before you can ask if something is correct or not...

1. I use a computer everyday

I use computer programs to prepare teaching materials.

2. I play the piano everyday

I have another job - I play piano in a band every weekend.

in this instance you can use either �piano� or �the piano�, as in every case I can think of while writing this post...

3. play the �cello or play �cello ( �cello is short for violincello) - this is the same as for 2.

I play �cello in a youth orchestra but violin at school

I play the �cello because I love the way it sounds.

For 2 & 3 �the � would generally inmply a specific instrument whereas the bare instrument name implies a musical instrument of that type/family.

Cheers,

AB

16 Nov 2009