In Articles^x, Determiners^x

These cover most instances 1 When the noun is plural and is referring to all like items generally Lions are big cats 2 When the noun is uncountable and is referring to all like substances generally Sugar is sweet 3 When the noun is preceded by another determiner a possessive or a demonstrative...

As a zoo sentence that is one that is constucted artificially and not out in nature it is fine without the article and so is your first one Children used to live with their parents until they graduated from school Children lived with their parents until they graduated from school and found a job...

Adverbial Phrase with a torch in his hand He came running with a torch in his hand Step 1 Reduction reason redundancy He his He came running with a torch in hand Step 2 Reduction reason redundancy with implies adverbial function as does the structure He came running a torch in hand A torch in...

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 first pair of...

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 expressed by the...

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 that help...

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 genericity Down...

Hi Taka Yes I ve found the reference it s over in adjectives and has to do with the rather anomalous order of adjectives with intensifiers how too etc where the order of indefinite article and attibutive adjective is reversed So just as we cannot have X how lovely flowers these are we also cannot...

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 car Additional...

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 should be after all or before...