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Is the article necessary in "to do (the) shopping"?
[Vocabulary] to do shopping/to do the shopping
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Yes. otherwise, just say "to shop".
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Specifically, when you refer to "the shopping," this means a regular, habitual type of shopping, such as the regular list of groceries in English speaking countries: bread, milk, cheese, and so on.
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