In Nouns^x, Articles^x

Nevermind on this one. I figured it out. Sheesh. I don't know how I missed it. The "has" was referring to "whenever possible."

Hi Ant,In one of the last posts you said: What I wanted to say is, whenever the indefinite article is used, the following noun is either countable or plays a "countable" role.Question 1:Emphasis is on the whenever. This is the same thing I said above. Let me rephrase it again, even...

What does this "seem the realized" part mean? Either I don't understand it or you have made a mistake ;)

When you specify the properties of something referred to by a noun that usually has an abstract, categorical or very general meaning, that automatically changes the meaning of it so that it denotes a specific instance of that general category. For example, in GG's sentence, instead of the...

"Volcano" is presumably the name or title of that player, so it is indicating that this is a name and not an exploding mountain. You would not put an article before it unless there are more than one players with the name/title (as was indicated further onin the passage above),

Thank you. You said: Usually when we introduce a common noun into a conversation for the first time we use the infinite article, then when we refer back to that item/person/etc. we use the definite. Does it apply to what seems to be a common noun used a game instruction section like as in ...

Ant, you mean that even article the is used with countable nouns or the nouns which are acting as countable nouns. And would you please give a short explanation of the underlined part. Thank you.

GG, your post is just to the point. It's just that I do consider such nouns countable when they're used the way you showed. The very specifying of special properties makes these nouns refer to an instance of happiness or ecstasy, thus making them countable. What I wanted to say is,...

This may be too much information, but we do use articles with abstract, non-count nouns to say what type. He experienced a happiness never before experienced by man. (What sort of happiness? One that was never experienced before.) She experienced the ecstacy that comes to those who have worked...

Usually when we introduce a common noun into a conversation for the first time we use the indefinite article, then when we refer back to that item/person/etc. we use the definite.There was a man. The man was eating an apple. Although the apple appeared fresh it contained a worm. The worm...