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Hi there, Some nouns in English, uncountable under normal circumstances, take the indefinite article when qualified by the adjective or adverbial phrase. How do I tell if a noun should take the indefinite article or not? Examples: When I got back home, I took a short nap to make up for the...

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Hello Everyone,This is my first post in this forum...I am so glad that I had found my best resources and references for English! I am so blessed that I found Englishforums.comI badly need help especially in correcting my English grammar.Guys, I need help in this.A cousin of mine, ask me to make a...

Armsys wrote:Wow, I'm rather surrpised but delighted by your explanation. Thanks a lot. How does it apply to post office, police, bus,...etc. It doesn't. The use of articles is perhaps the trickiest part of English grammar. Sometimes logic helps, sometimes it doesn't.CB

I asked this question a few days ago in "ESL General English Grammar Questions" but haven't got an answer. Can anybody here answer my question, please? In which sentences is the article "the" used? And when can we drop "the"? Is it possible to use the article "a" in some of these sentences?...

Things get a little hazy one you enter the www. It's easy to visualize posting an article ON a corkboard or bulletin board that is physically on a wall. You can also think of a forum as a frequently updated bulletin board that is physically on a wall. But when it comes to the www, the idea...

I posted an article on/in/at Englishforums.com. I posted an article on/in/at General English Grammar Questions of Englishforum.com. I'd use 'on' in both. Is either in or at also acceptable?Can I leave an article out if they know what I'm talking about? ThanksLiJ

Believer wrote: Are they conguent in that we can follow both of them to decide whether to put the article the in front the name of a river like "Seegang" river? I am assuming the word "Seegang" is a name of a person or a place. Isn't there a conflict of understanding as what to follow when...

Hi MuttleyUnfortunately there are a myriad cases involving proper nouns with adjectival attributes and the indefinite article. You'll just have to learn them piecemeal. As you said in your first post, a/an is often used with a person's name:We met a sad George yesterday.The indefinite article is...

There are twelve tenses in English grammar. Do we have to use the definite article "the"for each tense or not? Can you give me some explanations,please?In the below examples, Do we have to use "the" or not?1.In the use of the Present Simple.2.The Present Perfect Tense or Present Perfect...