By Indefinite articles, Nouns

My problem with definite and indefinite articles is less than with definite/indefinite pronouns. I think I'm starting to see other and another as indefinite articles, my as definite article and mine as indefinite article. I have to say referring to other, another, my, mine as...

I am not sure if the following answers your question but I'll say it anyway. Some grammarians don't distinguish between verbal nouns (= complete nouns formed from verbs with the ing ending) and gerunds (= words that are neither verbs nor nouns but resemble both to some extent). Some...

First, let me call your attention to CB's correction. "Very" is an adverb, not an adjective, and it probably always was. "Most" is an adjective when it modifies a noun (Most people can swim.), but in the two quite different usages we've been talking about here,...

You have almost found the answer. 'Risotto' is singular and 'tortellini' plural. The indefinite article is not used before a plural noun. "A type of noodles" sounds ok. "Type" is singular and should be preceeded with an article. Anton

Thank you, Avangi. In my previous post, I should have used third-person verb tenses, 'sounds' and 'gives' -- proper subject-verb agreement wasn't made due to my carelessness. Going back to your request for examples of cases where I would feel something in quotes could not be...

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you could write: The mixing of sugar and flour makes this...

You can use the with a name, thus:The 21-year-old Lohan took ... = Lohan, who is a 21-year-old, took ... The ingenious Mr. Blackstone also invented ... = Mr. Blackstone, who is ingenious, also invented ...The ubiquitous Miss Gossip has written ... = Miss Gossip, who is ubiquitous, has written...

Hi, I sorted of learned from somewhere online that you would use the definite article before a noun in situations like this if you have encountered only one person in a yellow tropical shirt all day yesterday. The man in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now....

You should delete the indefinite article in the second and third sentences. - "pharmacologically active" = adverb + adjective (i.e. there is no noun)- "inert" = adjective (i.e. there is no noun)

Hi, There are lots of cases where we put an indefinite article in front of a capitalized noun. eg Would you like a Coke? eg I needed a new car, so I bought a Toyota Camry. Best wishes, Clive