Guest  +  851 Mon, 16 Jun 03 02:13 PM "In order to develop the migration plan, we utilized the Application Scoring sheet to rank applications." is it 'the migration plan' or 'a migration plan' ? when do i use 'the' and when 'a' or 'an'? Guest

	hitchhiker  +  856 Mon, 16 Jun 03 02:26 PM In order to develop the migration plan, we utilized the Application Scoring sheet to rank applications. Is completely correct (Don't capitalise App Score, 'utilized' is an American spelling), however we might need the sentences either side of that to see the context correctly. If you haven’t referred to the application scoring sheet yet, you would have to say: In order to develop the migration plan, we utilised an application scoring sheet to rank applications. or An application scoring sheet was introduced to develop the migration plan. An application scoring sheet helped develop the migration plan. hitchhiker Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002 Richmond, UK Senior Member 4,034 Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement... Spelling

	chris  +  862 Mon, 16 Jun 03 07:11 PM Hitchhiker, are you sure you aren't a teacher in your sleep? Top advice, couldn't be better explained! chris Joined on Mon, Apr 7 2003 Malta Contributing Member 1,105

	hitchhiker  +  888 Mon, 16 Jun 03 11:43 PM *blush* Also see Frequently asked questions hitchhiker

	CalifJim  +  49397 Thu, 07 Oct 04 05:48 PM It's correct. I'm not sure exactly what bothers you about it! CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,379 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Sooris  +  399558 Thu, 02 Aug 07 01:57 PM Suggestion: If you master two concepts-- definiteness and countability, almost 95% of your doubts regarding the usage of articles will be cleared. Then you won't be coming up with specific sentences since you know the rules. So try to master these two concepts. Sooris Joined on Tue, Sep 26 2006 chennai Full Member 121 Sureshbabu Padmanabahan Articles

	JaCKo__007  +  399728 Thu, 02 Aug 07 10:16 PM Thanks for the reply, but I still don't know whether to use 'a reality' in this case or not. I know reality isn't countable and 'the' obviously doesn't apply, but do I leave the 'a', or do I omit it? I've tried looking it up, but can't find anything. A yes or no answer would be much appreciated, thanks. JaCKo__007 Joined on Thu, Aug 2 2007 Ljubljana New Member 20 *** Life depends on point of view, mine's positive! ***