Thread: here is ten dollars & here are two beers. почему??

Originally Posted by paulb

Originally Posted by Pon4ik

Thank you very much. By the way, do you know other mysteries of English?

Sure:

1 I'm going to school.
2 I'm going to the bank.
3 I'm going to the store.
4 I'm going to church.

Why do we use "the" in 2 and 3, but not 1 and 4? Nobody knows.

And without "to":
I'm going home
I'm going downtown.