In Nouns^x, Articles^x

Generally what follows the of in a double possessive will be definite and human not otherwise so we would say a friend of my uncle s but not a friend of the museum s museum instead What precedes the of is usually indefinite a friend not the best friend unless it s preceded by the demonstratives...

quote user Crokey the singing of the bird awoke me or the singing of the bird s awoke me as a friend of my uncle s where you use the post genitive form quote You re welcome I ll start watching the US Open tennis on TV in a moment but before that You can say He is a friend of John or He is a...

hi cb im so happy i joined this forum now because i think your comment about verbal nouns can be modified by an adjectival attribute You said it your previous reply but i must have missed it it was nearly 4am in korea when i read it and i think the tiresome banging of the nail s head is well and...

Welcome to EF mariappanTruth is always an abstrcat noun because you can t put it on the scales and weigh it It may occasionally be countable which has nothing to do with being abstract I may be wrong but I think it s the article the that you are concerned with The article is used in the phrase...

quote user Anonymous Which one sounds natural to you if that judgment can be made I am asking because in rare cases I have difficulty choosing one because they sound and look the same to me For most cases similar to the one noted I feel the first with an object is preferred or correct one 1 This...

Thank you so much I learned something I had not known before I think you hit a home run Which one sounds natural to you if that judgment can be made I am asking because in rare cases I have difficulty choosing one because they sound and look the same to me For most cases similar to the one noted...

quote user Anonymous I agree with you on this but I wonder what is your opinion on this This playground is for playing soccer This playground is for the playing of soccer In this situation I feel the first sentence pattern is what a person will see more often out there in written form or in...

quote user Crokey The speech of the english language is beautiful speech is surely a verbal noun derived from the verb speak but there is no action being performed i am merely naming an action When i say The speaking of the english language is easy am I naming an action or am I implying that an...

Some proper nouns or names require the some don t In the phrase the Cow Power program all the words are common nouns and the article is associated with the last word program which is not a proper noun so the article must be used as there is only one such program The article is used largely for...

Thank you How is Ondol different from these proper nouns I think they are that I see having definite articles the Pacific OceanI think Mr M said the definite article is needed for this name of program that is in quotes The Cow Power Program Is this program a proper name And I see a lot names of...