By Articles, Nouns

Yes, "travel guide" is correct.1. If that's what the stadium is called, then it should be "the World Cup Stadium". If it's just the stadium where the world cup was held, but it's called something else, then the author is correct to say "the World Cup...

.-- I agree that there is often an option; nevertheless, in your sentence, a specific power source is implied-- i.e the power supplied at where 'they' are..

THANK YOU.You wrote:I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the 'would's are incorrect:If the power goes out, I dare to think that they will all leave.If the power goes out, I bet they will all leave.If the power goes out, I am sure that they will all leave.If the power goes...

.Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?-- YesYou wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they are...

Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they are...

I like that thought. But (devil's advocate) doesn't it assume what it seeks to prove – that a complete (?compound-)noun may not have a "passive" form? For if "being seen" is a complete (?compound-)noun, then...nouns may have passive forms...

I have given my opinion in an earlier post. Page 1 of this thread offers you a link to it (subject of gerund). As the gerund fluctuates between being a noun and a verb and resembles both to some extent, it stands to reason that a genitive is often possible before it and so is an adjectival...

hi cb, its me again!how do you feel about possessives before a gerund? "John's singing bothered me". You are constantly told that the possessive should be used before a gerund(unless you are saying something weird and you wish to emphasise the subject of the gerund). However,...

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 ." What precedes the "of" is usually indefinite (a friend, not the best...

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 friend of John's.You cannot say: He is the friend of John's, except perhaps in some extremely rare cases where normal grammatical rules...