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sitifan

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1. Welcome to City Art Museum. (an English workbook published in Taiwan by Kangxuan)
2. Welcome to the City Art Museum. (my sentence)

3. Oh, but I can do that in Robot Museum. (an English workbook published in Taiwan by Kangxuan)
4. Oh, but I can do that in the Robot Museum. (my sentence)

Which of the above sentences is NOT acceptable?
 

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I don't think the definite article is required, unless the name calls for it, e.g. The Louvre (Paris).
 

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But note that the names of most hotels and pubs, many theatres and cinemas and most museums and art galleries need to be used with the definite article:

  • - Shall we eat at the Goose?
    - No, I'm a vegetarian. Let's eat at the Slug and Lettuce.
  • The Filmworks in Greenwich is a huge cinema complex next to the Holiday Inn on the Greenwich peninsula.
  • The National Gallery is on the northern side of Trafalgar Square, opposite Nelson's Column. It's about a fifteen-minute walk from The British Museum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv287.shtml
 

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Which of the above sentences is NOT acceptable?
They're all 'acceptable', but those with the definite article are preferable.
 
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