In Universities^x, Definite articles^x

The definite article appears before a host of singular proper nouns:The Meiji Era, the University of Chicago, the Roman Catholic church, the Peloponnesian Wars, the Ford Motor Company, the Monroe Doctrine, the Panama Canal, the Hawaiian Islands, the Matterhorn, the Philippines, the Empire State...

Hi, I need help with the following sentence. I'm not sure whether I should use a definite article before the word university. Or probably I should use 'my'. Here's the sentence: What do you think of young teachers? There are some (or we have some this is OK, too) at my university. my...

Hello! I need help with the following sentence. I'm not sure whether I should use a definite article before the word university. Or probably I should use 'my'. Here's the sentence: What do you think of young teachers? There are some (or we have some) at my university. I think that the absence...

*first greets all the faithful teachers here*Question (copied from my accounting exercise book):Lana Emerick handles cash receipts and has the authority to write off accounts receivable. This violates separation of (1)A. custody (2) of assets from accounting.B. operations from accountingC. duties...

British English, but not American English, usually omits the definite article with university and hospital. Mrs Anderson has to go to hospital / the hospital for an operation. We were at university / the university together. Page 251, A Communicative Grammar of English, by Geoffrey Leech and...

Just passing by, pardon me for sticking my nose in, but... We say 'a history' but 'an historical'. Some people do. I'm not sure when it became trendy but I wish people would cut it out. I find it painful to hear. "An historical whatever" or "an hallucination" is only correct if...

In the following sentences, why some of the proper nouns are preceded with a definite article, some not? Are all the usages of the definite articles correct in the following sentences? The Lincoln memorial is a monument honoring Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln Memorial University is a private...

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...

The short answer, VC, is that they don't necessarily become countable-- it is often the speaker's option/conception that makes the choice. 1. (you have no '2') In the countable case, can "an education" be any education such as primary school, middle school, or University? -- not likely; more...

Hi, According to the "Longman Student Grammar" abstract nouns (such as education, kindness) can have countable and uncountable. (e.g.) 1. What's your highest level of education? => uncountable Although she was a girl she wanted an education => countable In the countable case, can "an...