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to go to jail vs to go to the jail

Both "to go to jail" and "to go to the jail" are commonly used, but "to go to jail" is the more standard and widely accepted phrase. The use of the article 'the' before 'jail' is not necessary in this context.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 2020 views

to go to jail

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is the standard way to express the action of being sent to prison or detained by authorities.

Examples:

  • He will go to jail if he is found guilty.
  • She doesn't want to go to jail for a crime she didn't commit.
  • If you break the law, you may go to jail.
  • The thief was caught and sent to jail.
  • I hope he doesn't have to go to jail for a minor offense.
  • Time for Loopy Leo to go to jail.
  • I want him to go to jail, believe me.
  • Maybe she deserves to go to jail.
  • I'm not afraid to go to jail.
  • You're way too pretty to go to jail.
  • Too nuts to go to jail.
  • Everybody we know down there is about to go to jail, so...
  • You're willing to go to jail to preserve that reputation?
  • » he's got to go to jail.
  • You scared to go to jail?
  • Seems like you're in a big hurry to go to jail.
  • - I want Brennan to go to jail, I do.
  • You want Ted to go to jail?
  • My son didn't do anything to go to jail!
  • Someone's about to go to jail for what you did to Ed Gorski.
  • They may be mad at me, but they don't want me to go to jail.
  • (Corona) the first to go to jail I planned everything.
  • You're not the first person to go to jail for sweets.
  • Your other choice is to go to jail...
  • I deserve to go to jail.

Alternatives:

  • to be sent to jail
  • to end up in jail
  • to wind up in jail
  • to serve time in jail
  • to get locked up

to go to the jail

This phrase is not commonly used in English. The article 'the' is not needed before 'jail' in this context.

  • She got a permit to go to the jail.
  • He wants you to go to the jail in Nuevo Laredo.
  • I need you to go to the jail, pick her up and put her on a plane home.
  • And I have to go to the jail this morning to talk to Sarah Holt.
  • Why do I have to go to the jail for this?
  • For once I was excited to go down to the jail, 'cause it meant I got to see Ruby again.
  • So now we have to go to the car jail and bail it out.
  • Her husband was murdered in cold blood right in front of her face, and you were about to go to jail for the crime.
  • If you want to go to jail for the rest of your life.
  • Allowing you to simply go to jail is the last gift I'll ever give you.
  • Sabrina McCarthy needs to go to jail for the murder of her husband, Tom McCarthy.
  • I believe every word of their story... and I think they ought to go to jail for the rest of their lives.
  • We're going to find them, and they're going to go to jail for the rest of their life.
  • (Corona) the first to go to jail I planned everything.
  • Then they can prosecute you and you might have to go to jail.
  • Maybe she deserves to go to jail.
  • You're not the first person to go to jail for sweets.
  • Your other choice is to go to jail...
  • I deserve to go to jail.
  • And sometimes they need to go to jail.

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