By Articles, Determiners

MountainHiker, I've received this message concerning the question: ------- It could be either (a ) or (b), Taka. Intonantion would really help us out. You wouldn't happened to have it on audio tape, would you? The writer dropped the article "an", so we're not sure if the article placement...

Actually, Demi, mine is more 'bookish' (formal) than your version, which is more common in conversation and informal writing. 'There' and 'it' as preparatory subjects do just that: prepare the listener, attracting his/her attention to the rest of the utterance, just as we often say 'hey!' to...

'Sour' is a predicate adjective. 'The' is an article, one of the determiners, which act like adjectives, but are not normally classified as such. I think you are right, but I wouldn't insist on it with his teacher.

Guest, Welcome to English Forums. I encourage you to register, though it is not required. Your thinking is correct. I would use "a unique" as well. You can learn more by reading "The Articles" at this link. Hope this helps. MountainHiker

metanoeno, I am not sure of your question. "a" or "an" is an article. You can learn more about articles here atArticles, Determiners, and Quantifiers. Your sentence to me says, There is a something or thing in the country. In our case, the something is "estimated 90,000 gangsters". We...

Dave, First of all, and even when everyone is surely aware of this, I must insist that even when I believe my knowledge of the English grammar is good, I'm not a grammarian or a linguist. It would be completely absurd for me to try and analyse a language that is not even my own in depth when I...

None of the above. It's a determiner. That's kind of like an adjective, only with more limited application. Incidently, the articles "a", "an" and "the" are also determiners, which is why you can "these" (as well as "some", "whose", "much" and a whole bunch of other similar words) wherever you...

That is probably one of the most difficult questions you could ask. Hmmm. Here goes... If a determiner is supplied, you don't need an article. Determiners include numbers, words like "some", "those", etc., and possessives, such as "his", "John's", etc. Proper nouns don't need an article, unless...

Articles are determiners that indicate if you are referring to a specific or general thing. 'I have a cold' works just like 'I have a dream', 'I have a head', 'I heave an idea'.

Hi, you asked Which is the correct usage please: " I have ordered a / an MRI (magnetic resonance scan) and will review the patient following this." Rule: With single letters and groups of letters that are pronounced as individual letters, be guided by the pronunciation: a B road, a TUC leader;...