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[sleeper]

Hi, there!

Look at the following sentence.

I usually get up at seven and get to school at eight twenty.

I'd like to ask you about 'get to school.'
Should I put 'the' or 'my' between 'to' and 'school?'

We can say, 'We go to school' 'We come to school' 'We walk to school.'
But we cannot say 'We get to school,' because the sentence means 'We start the lesson.'
If we want to mean 'We arrive at the school,' we should put 'the' or 'my' between 'to' and 'school.'

This is what I think. Am I correct?
What do you think?

I'm waiting for your answers.

Thanks.

[CP]

"Get to school" in this sentence means "arrive at school." It does not mean "start the lesson." It is an acceptable way to express the meaning.

You can say "the school" rather than "school," but the native speaker is more likely to say these things without "the," I believe.
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