It is not implying there is only one wrong order. It is merely saying the order was wrong. Not quite. The definite article in English commonly implies uniqueness (at least in the immediate context). "I saw the dog" indicates one unique

but case 2 has another error. English speakers say very ... wrong order. Nevertheless English speakers usually say "the wrong order.") It is not implying there is only one wrong order. It is merely saying the order was wrong. Not quite.

Those people work hard will deserve an A grade or Those people work hard will deserve the A grade 1. Both examples are defective because theydisplay two verbs without the pronoun WHO to clarify the subordinate cause WHO WORK HARD. 2. There is a

From http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3869088/ "Now the world has to deal with the possibility that-come January 2005-there could be someone else in the ... the main clause starting with "would" seems (to me, anyway) to be in the subjunctive

From http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3869088/ "Now the world has to deal with the possibility that—come January 2005—there could be someone else in the ... the main clause starting with "would" seems (to me, anyway) to be in the subjunctive

From http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3869088/ "Now the world has to deal with the possibility that—come January 2005—there could be someone else in the White House, and that this someone else might be Howard Dean. If it is, *would* we be in for

James (Email Removed) wrote on 08 Jan 2004: In the sentence: And I know it's good idea to eat five times a day if you're cutting (massing too?). Assuming the sentence is OK (or O.K. or okay ;), because I'm sure you'll rewrite it

Funny how the indefinite article in Northern Germanic languages sits in front of the noun and then moves to the end and attaches to become the definite article. Macedonian and, I think, Bulgarian also have a postpositive definite article, although

We'd manage perfectly well without it, as long as we ... possible for too many expressions to change meaning too quickly. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress , by Robert A. Heinlein, is written in a dialect of English he imagines to be spoken on the

We'd manage perfectly well without it, as long as we *all* stopped using it and reached a consensus about what ... course, why so many people round here worry that it's possible for too many expressions to change meaning too quickly. The