School/university/college/courses start

[Rachel Adams]

Is the definite article required before these words in my sentences?

1. "School/university/college/courses start soon. The holidays are nearly over."
2. "School/university/college/courses finish at 7 pm."
3. "School/university/college/courses start at 8 am."

 

[Tarheel]

Try:

The holidays are almost over. School starts up again soon.

And:

Class starts at 8am.

 

[emsr2d2]

Courses don't start at a particular time. They start on a specific date. Each class starts at a particular time.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Try:

The holidays are almost over. School starts up again soon.

And:

Class starts at 8am.

Is it wrong to use "nearly"?

 

[Rachel Adams]

Courses don't start at a particular time. They start on a specific date. Each class starts at a particular time.

Should there be the definite article before school/university/college? "School/university college starts on 15 January."

 

[Tarheel]

Is it wrong to use "nearly"?

No, it's not.

 

[Tarheel]

Should there be the definite article before school/university/college? "School/university college starts on 15 January."

You didn't see one in my example sentence, did you?

 

[Rachel Adams]

You didn't see one in my example sentence, did you?

Sorry, I missed it somehow. Would there be no article here either with "finishes" or "finished"? "school/college/university finishes/finished at 6 pm."

But why isn't there an article in your example sentence "Class starts at 8am"?

 

[Tarheel]

1. We might say: "Class ends for the day at 8pm."

2. When you're talking about class in general (instruction) you don't need the article. However, if you are talking about a particular class, you might say, for example: "The economics class starts at 8am." (Not really. The professor doesn't like to get up that early. )