Ticce  +  426617 Wed, 03 Oct 07 02:16 PM Could you explain why the following articles are used as they are used... If you get the (why is A not used here) chance to visit London you really should take the time to visit Greenwich. You can get there by train, bus, taxi or even walk if you have the (why do we need an article here, energy is uncountable, shouldn't we leave it blank?) energy. Personally, though I recommend taking a boat. The one I took was from (why don't we use THE here but put it in the next case) Tower Bridge, which is next to the Tower of London. My comments are in brackets. Ticce Joined on Thu, Sep 6 2007 Junior Member 81 English is not my first langauge - so, I might give your a wrong answer. To err is human. Articles

	Mister Micawber  +  426622 Wed, 03 Oct 07 02:29 PM the chance to visit London -- A chance is OK too.  With 'the', the writer has thought ahead to the specific chance (visiting London). if you have the energy. -- You don't need the article here, but uncountables easily become countables when they take on varying qualities:  'a formal beauty', 'the energy to walk'. Tower Bridge, which is next to the Tower of London.-- Proper nouns are on an almost case-by-case basis, though there are groups that tend to take or not take an article:  London Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, Tokyo Bay, the Pacific Ocean. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,507 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Articles, Nouns