Word missing in one of the test anwers

Hillary Patricia W.B2Kwiziq community member

Word missing in one of the test anwers

She knows this girl who plays guitar. It should be ----THE guitar
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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I’d say that "plays guitar" is American English and "plays the guitar" is British English - the former construction is creeping into the UK media eg he plays piano, but it isn’t necessarily regarded as grammatical English here! 

I’d be interested to know the general policy of the language experts on this site vis à vis usages from the UK/US/other Anglophone countries.

Hillary Patricia W. asked:

Word missing in one of the test anwers

She knows this girl who plays guitar. It should be ----THE guitar

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