Some nouns have to have “the” before it but seems like not all of them need it, so any explanations would be helpful!
edit: wow, didn’t expect so much traction on this. Thank you for your explanations! Interestingly, I’m actually a native English speaker but don’t really know grammar terminology all that well. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
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As other commenters have said, “school” in this context refers to a state of activity, currently being educated at a school.
If somebody asks you, “Which building are you in?” responding with “I’m in school” sounds wrong. “I’m in _my_ school”, or “I’m in _the_ school” are both reasonable answers.
“Nightclub” here refers to a definite place, “the nightclub”, or “a nightclub”.
If you had an after-school activity that was centered around creating a nightclub space on campus (ignoring the obvious issues with that situation for the moment), it would be reasonable to refer to that as “I’m in nightclub”, since it’s now an activity.
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