Timeline for play piano v.s. play the piano [duplicate]
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| Jan 26, 2017 at 16:52 | history | closed |
FumbleFingers Dan Bron Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ choster Tushar Raj |
Duplicate of Omission of definite article with musical instruments | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 16:26 | answer | added | BoldBen | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 12:58 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 26, 2017 at 12:47 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Davo: You'd usually say I drive a truck, whereas it's relatively unusual (but not invalid) to say I [can] play a piano rather than the piano or no article at all. In most contexts the presence or type of article has no implications regarding specific musical instruments. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 12:17 | comment | added | Davo | I have seen these and similar terms used interchangeably for musical skills, but not generally for other skills. "I drive the truck" implies a particular truck. | |
| Jan 26, 2017 at 12:09 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 26, 2017 at 12:08 | history | asked | Anita Yang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |