In Possessives^x, Articles^x

These are my thoughts on the structure...Please feel free to comment adversely. The underlying structure of the 'normal' form is: e.g. 1a. 'It is too difficult a question to answer.' 2a. 'He is too easy a goalkeeper to beat.' 3a. 'That looks too hard a knot to untie.' 4a. 'Mine seems too...

Hello MrP History of English Gerunds (quoted from OED) The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of -ing is its use as a gerund, i.e. a substantive with certain verbal functions, particularly those of being qualified by an adverb instead of an adjective, and of governing an...

As Eric explained, and as you know, 'the' indicates a specific noun, or a noun previously referred to, or a noun whose identity is known by both speaker and listener. 'We ate at the McDonald's' or 'Let's have a frap at the Starbucks' sounds strange only out of context. The context might...

Hi Eager, I have run through and fixed the grammar, but have not had time to consider your analysis, sorry: There are several linguistic resources that help people express genericness. Below, can be observed several forms that can also express something different than genericness. In the...

There are several linguistic resources that help people express genericity(??, what's genercity?). Down below, it can be observed several forms that can also express something different than genericity(?)--awkward sentence. In the first pair of sentences one find two degrees of genericity...

I need to hand in this exercise but I'm not sure about the analysis nor the grammar. If you could have a look at eat I would be really grateful! thank you all! Explain the use of Generic Noun Phrases (or Noun Groups) in English by analyzing the examples. There are several linguistic resources...

I need to hand in this exercise but I want to make sure the grammar is right. I have doubts about the second sentence where it says "Down below..." is it right? Can we say "It can be observed several..."? Thanks for your help! There are several linguistic resources that help people express...

You cannot normally use an article with a possessive, Hanuman. You can write 'he is the best friend of Mr. Jones', but not 'X he is the Mr. Jones's best friend'. 'Food' can be either countable or uncountable, but is normally uncountable except where we are talking about nutrition or other food...

Because the English language uses number, which requires a determiner before a singular countable common noun-- either an article, a demonstrative adjective, or a possessive adjective. You don't have to use 'a car' if you choose instead to use 'the car', 'this/that car', or 'my/his/their/Jesus'...

didn't say 'rules', Sharad-- I said 'usages'. They don't all work. As far as your examples are concerned: 'Today's morning meeting was very intense.' This is fine; it means 'the morning meeting today'. Today morning's meeting was very intense. No-- 'today morning' is not natural, so the...