In Regards^x, Definite articles^x

guideline in regard to the use of an indefinite article before an countable noun righteousness is not countable! a here is not any different from a with other uncountable nouns. In other words, the same guidelines apply. Whether the noun is concrete or abstract does not necessarily make...

What is the guideline in regard to the use of an indefinite article before an countable noun, like this? For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first ot last, ...

Hi, Can you kindly expand on your explanation especially the part that said "when you see the noun being modified by the adjective, you need to have an article here." Is that applicable in all situations and without regard to the fact whether it is a countable noun or an uncountable noun?

Guest wrote:Use "a" if the next word begins with a consonant, and "an" if the next word begins with a vowel. A tiger, an angel, a book, etc. A historical character. This is not completely correct. The indefinite article a is used when the following word starts with a consonant sound The...

Hi, all. In the pattern, I often find no indefinite article used. Examples: With ticket in hand, I proceeded to the boarding gate. With suitcase in hand, he briskly walked into his office. With book in hand, the teacher paced the floor back and forth. All the nouns here (ticket,...

1) the is correct and yes it does refer to the icon of a specific programme (the little picture on the desktop to access a particular programme) 2) The sentence only makes sense with the use of the indefinite article an (icon)- used in front of a following vowel or mute 'h' 1) tells you...

Nobody has volunteered yet so let me give it my best shot... 'preparations' : why plural ? shouldn't it be singular if referring to the process of preparing something ? 'place/location/meeting point' : I can't make up my mind here ; also '... of negotiation' or '... for negotiating' can't...

Dear sir, Here is the question: «I wonder if "the Jones' house" and "the Jones's house" are the same.» We do not use the definite article if there is only one Jones. We say «Mr Jones's house» or «Dr Jones's house». The house in the question is therefore not «the house of the Jones» but...

Hello, Normally, I don't use the definite article in sentenses such as: Save the file in PDF format. Convert the document into Word format. Is it correct? If so, I'm a bit curious why? There is only one and only format we call PDF (or Word, for that matter), so it should be grammatically...

Hello Mr Ruzinsky, let me continue. As you pointed out, Sentences using Bare Plurals, that is common nouns without quantifiers, are vague. It's true. But sentences with definite /indefinite articles, too, have two (or several) usages. For example: And, there's some similarity between...