Wewon gold and weapons. Video games are very popular.
Use no article with plural count nouns and non-count nouns to make general statements. Some in general statements means some, but not all.
Sue loves video games. (video games in general)
Music is relaxing. (music in general)
I like some video games, but a lot of them are really boring.
We do not use the:
• with uncountable and plural nouns when talking about something in general.
Tea comes from India. Cats love fish.
• with proper nouns. Carol works at a bank.
• with the names of sports,
Games,
Activities,
Days,
Months,
Celebrations,
Colours,
Drinks,
Meals
languages (when they are not followed by the word language).
We have dinner at 6 o'clock. Maria speaks Spanish fluently.
But: There are lots of Latin words in the English language.
• with the names of countries (France, but: the Lebanon, the Netherlands, the Vatican City),
cities (Lisbon),
streets (State Street, but: the A4, the High Street),
squares (Trafalgar Square),
bridges (Sagamore Bridge, but: the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bridge of Sighs),
parks (Regent's Park),
railway stations (Kenmore Station),
mountains (Mount Everest),
individual islands (Sicily),
lakes (Lake Michigan)
continents (Asia).
• with possessive adjectives or the possessive case. That is my jacket
• with two-word names when the first word is the name of a person or place.
Heathrow Airport, Windsor Castle But: the White House
• with names of pubs, restaurants, shops, banks and hotels named after the people who started them, and ending in -s or -'s. Harrods, Luigi's Restaurant (but: The Roxy)
• with the words bed, church, college, court, hospital, prison, school, university, when we refer to the purpose for which they exist. They took the injured man to hospital.
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But: We went to the hospital to visit my grandmother.
• with the word work (= place of work). / have to be at work early tomorrow morning.
• with the words home, Father/Mother when we talk about our own home/parents.
Mother hasn't come home yet
• with by + means of transport: by bus/car/train, etc. They travelled through Europe by train. But: He missed the 9:15 train to Manchester.
• with the names of illnesses. He's got pneumonia.
But: flu/the flu, measles/the measles, mumps/ the mumps. Susan has got (the) flu.
NOTE:
We usually don't use the with the word television. I never watch television on Sundays.
But: Turn off the television. (= the TV set)
The is optional with seasons. We usually go on holiday in (the) summer.
We use the + adjective to refer to a group of people, usually with the adjectives: