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Language School Malibu Street Avenue Names Roads Oxford

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Keyword the
Sub Entry Number 7
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The language school is in the Malibu Street.
Correct Sentence The language school is in Malibu Street.
Cloze Error Sentence The language school is in [[the]] Malibu Street.
Cloze Sentence The language school is in [[ ]] Malibu Street.
Cloze Answer _
Choices _ | the
Explanation

The is not usually used in the names of streets and roads: 'Oxford Street', 'Fifth Avenue', 'Fir Tree Avenue', 'Blue Pool Road'.

Note that when someone mentions 'the Oxford road' or 'the London road', they mean the road that leads to Oxford/London.

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