Joey_five  +  320165 Fri, 26 Jan 07 08:06 AM Hi, which of the following sentences should be considered correct?? 1a) The lady with red hair is my neighbour. 1b) The lady with the red hair is my enighbour. 2a) The lady in red dress is my teacher. 2b) The lady in the red dress is my teacher. 3a) The old man in the red car is my boss. 3b) The old man in red car is my boss. It seems 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b and 3a are correct but not 3b. Am I correct?? Thanks Joey_five Joined on Mon, Oct 10 2005 Full Member 105

	milky  +  320178 Fri, 26 Jan 07 09:22 AM  Inchoateknowledge wrote: all are fine ?? 2a) The lady in red dress is my teacher. ?? 3b) The old man in red car is my boss. milky Joined on Thu, Jan 15 2004 Senior Member 3,149 Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".

	victorycountry  +  320197 Fri, 26 Jan 07 10:25 AM 2a) The lady in red dress is my teacher => it needs 'the' before the 'red dress' because the speaker is talking about a lady who is already known. Besides, in this case 'red dress' is a countable noun. 3b) the same here. It needs 'the' before the 'red car'. Both sentences, they sound not right without 'the'. victorycountry Joined on Sat, Oct 16 2004 Full Member 313 Nouns, Countable Nouns

	Goodman  +  320432 Fri, 26 Jan 07 09:41 PM  Victorycountry wrote: 2a) The lady in red dress is my teacher => it needs 'the' before the 'red dress' because the speaker is talking about a lady who is already known. Besides, in this case 'red dress' is a countable noun. 3b) the same here. It needs 'the' before the 'red car'. Both sentences, they sound not right without 'the'.  I agree! There are times articles are not needed, i.e. Women in high heels and short skirts usually get a lot of attention.  In general statement like this, no article is needed. Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all! Articles, Nouns, Countable Nouns

	Clive  +  320443 Fri, 26 Jan 07 10:21 PM Hi guys, The lady in the red dress is my teacher. This sentence makes me think that we are looking at more than one lady, and that only one of these ladies is wearing a red dress. In fact, it suggests to me that more than one lady may be wearing a dress, but that only one of the dresses is red.  Compare sentences like - The lady is my teacher. The lady in the dress is my teacher. The lady in red is my teacher. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,663 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