Anonymous  +  499850 Sat, 12 Apr 08 09:06 PM Hi, Should I treat what is in a pair of quotation marks just like an adjective without any difference in terms of whether to place an article or not? I feel like you have to have an article, 'a' or 'the' or 'an', before a quoted content acting as an adjective for a singular noun. ... reveals an aspect of 'pali-pali' Korean culture. -- The 'culture' is an uncountable, I think.     Anonymous Articles, Nouns, Quotation Marks, Singular Nouns

	Clive  +  499867 Sat, 12 Apr 08 10:09 PM Hi, Should I treat what is in a pair of quotation marks just like an adjective without any difference in terms of whether to place an article or not? Yes. I feel like you have to have an article, 'a' or 'the' or 'an', before a quoted content acting as an adjective for a singular noun. With a singular countable noun, yes, you need some kind of determiner. ... reveals an aspect of 'pali-pali' Korean culture. This is fine. -- The 'culture' is an uncountable, I think.  Yes. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,575 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Articles, Nouns, Countable Nouns, Quotation Marks, Singular Nouns, Determiners