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Playing Piano I Play English British Phrase Piano/Guitar/Violin

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Type of Sentence
Error Sentence I've been playing piano since I was eight.
Correct Sentence I've been playing the piano since I was eight.
Cloze Error Sentence I've been playing [[ ]] piano since I was eight.
Cloze Sentence I've been playing [[the]] piano since I was eight.
Cloze Answer the
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Explanation

In British English the phrase is play the piano/guitar/violin etc

(WITH the ): 'She's learning to play the flute.'

In American English the is sometime omitted.

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