By Nouns, Paragraphs

We have arranged for the surveyor to inspect these goods in November (or do you mean, on 7th November). After that: your paragraph sounds like it is part of a formal letter to a client or customer, so that "after that" is slightly too informal. You could say, "Following this inspection, they will...

Can you give me a precious tip from the following two paragraph? 1. Less than a decade into the new millennium, the separation between art and ordinary life is diminishing. ... Art is not a phase of life apart from the work-a-day world, to which one may turn in moments of leisure or...

The rule with a and an is that you use a when the word that follows it starts with a consonant sound, and you use an when the word that follows it starts with a vowel sound. You probably knew that given you used an correctly in your sentence, but I thought I'd mention that for others who may...

They are gerunds (verb forms acting as nouns) in your paragraph, Nader.

Thank you Goodman. So, basically it depends on whether the writer views the country as an adjective or a proper noun. In the context of your paragraph, Hong Kong is functioning as an adjective. => I'm curious to know which part of the paragraph gives you this information? No, I'm not but I...

This is my interpretation: Hong Kong citizen = citicen of HK. In the context of your paragraph, Hong Kong is functioning as an adjective, Therefore, I prefer to drop the possessive. However, possessive is not necessarily wrong either because one can interprete HK as a proper noun. Consider...

Chiara wrote: Dr.Symonds's proposal of using nuclear energy as a main solution to the running out of carbon fuel resources represents quite an attractive suggestion for the energy policy of many countries.Despite the interest that this proposal might stir up, the use of nuclear power represents...

Dr.Symonds's proposal of using nuclear energy as a main solution to the running out of carbon fuel resources represents quite an attractive suggestion for the energy policy of many countries. Despite the interest that this proposal might stir up, the use of nuclear power represents a dangerous...

Jackson6612 wrote: Would you please rewrite every sentence of that paragraph in an easy understandable English? Hi,this is difficult. I remember there were several thread about that, article + uncountable noun. Since it is difficult to find a rule, the best thing to do is always treat...

Hi Jackson, You, and a lot of other posters, think that the word 'software' is a countable noun. It's not. You can't say things like 'a software', 'two softwares'. A common approach is to speak of 'a piece of software' or 'a software package' or 'a computer program'. I suggest that you rewrite...