all summer/all the summer

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Winwin2011

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1) The swimming pools are open all summer.
1) The swimming pools are open all the summer.

Are they both correct?

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SlickVic9000

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Well, I don't think I'd ever catch myself saying that second sentence. However, I hesitate to pass final judgment on it because it seems like I've seen that form before. "The swimming pools are open all summer long." is also a good sentence.
 
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