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可以的話請用中文解釋
I am sorry. I don't know much Chinese.

For some nouns, we don't use "the".

Examples:
go to church
go to jail
was sent to jail
go to hospital
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2)His mother went to the prison to visit him last week.

我想問一下 prison是一個地方來的 為什麼這個前不用加"the"?
His mother went to THE ( prison)...................
The = 特定指