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Hi, Normally, the article "the" in situations where it is shown possessiveness, the modifies the word or phrase being possessed like this (Is that true??): based on the report of the IMF'S Independent Evaluation (Here, the modifies the abbreviations IMF, I think.) But, the following...

Hi, I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary for the abbreviation SAT and it noted that is it an examinaiton which is often taken by students who wish to enter a college or university. Can we make it without the article 'a' when, as it seems to me, we are...

By long established custom references to books and other stand-alone documents (nonperiodicals) give the place of publication followed by the name of the publisher in references. By custom references to articles in periodicals dispense with this information. But since an article is a part of a...

Hi Sergon, Here are some comments. (correct me if possible, I'm learning English at the moment " src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif">, esp marked with *) ex: There is a labyrinth in my figure. May I call a line, showing a path, in the labyrinth 'road'? You should call it a path. (Check the...

(correct me if possible, I'm learning English at the moment , esp marked with *) ex: There is a labyrinth in my figure. May I call a line, showing a path, in the labyrinth 'road'? (Check the commas, please. Is something necessary before 'road'?) (is it possible to say 'What if ...'?) What...

This is my version which agrees with your points, Kajjo. To (in order to) increase the octane number, the following lead compounds are added to the petrol for motor vehicle and airplane engines: tetraethyl lead (TEL) and tetramethyl lead (TML), in a solution of so called ethyl liquid (the...

If 'the' is part of the name, it is capitalized; but I'm not convinced that most newspapers have 'the' as part of their name. In naming the organization 'Korean-American Scientists Association', the acronym would be KASA. With 'The' in the name, I suppose it would have to be an...

Hi Ivantalk, Thanks for the reply. That surprises me. So none of them are either prefixes or suffixes but abbreviations? If you are interested to know what MiB and KiB, then here are two excellent articles about Binary abbreviations (prefixes). http://members.optus.net/alexey/prefBin.xhtml ...

Hi Webreaper, Welcome to the forum. Today I wrote an email referring to paragraphs in a journalist's article, and was corrected for my use of abbreviation combined with apostrophes. My goodness, who is correcting your email? The reason I ask is this. Email is a very informal medium. eg...

Hello. :-) Today I wrote an email referring to paragraphs in a journalist's article, and was corrected for my use of abbreviation combined with apostrophes. I believe I was correct in my usage, but I'd like to ask on here. The context of the usage in the original email was: ...