By Verbs, Definite articles

<<Do we have to use the definite article "the" for each tense or not? >> To be very strict about it, yes, but we frequently write telegraphically and leave out the the, especially on this site, where we use the names of the tenses so often. <<1.In the use of the Present...

... the old grammarians would have called 1.1 and 2.1 verbal nouns. No. See below. See Sect. 273 of B&S. All examples with the ---ing of --- are called gerunds there. 1.1 «The singing was excellent» I'm not sure what B&S would call this, but neither verbal noun nor gerund is...

Q Once I saw a person who typed the sentence "I will meet you very the soon". Is the usage of definite article correct in the above mentioned sentence in quotation? No. It should be 'very soon'Q What is the difference between 'especially' and 'specially'? 'especially' means the...

Q Once I saw a person who typed the sentence "I will meet you very the soon". Is the usage of definite article correct in the above mentioned sentence in quotation? Q What is the difference between 'especially' and 'specially'? Q What are those type of sentences in which two helping verbs are...

Tanit wrote: Hi, good question! I was wandering whether a slightly different point of view exists as for the subject of the sentence: He is one that knows the solution to the problem. or He is one of the few that know the solution to the problem. After some...

Zj.frank wrote:Dear all: He is one of the few that knows the solution to the problem. or He is one of the few that know the solution to the problem. Do the two "that"s denote different things? Shall we say that the first "that" denotes "he" while the second "that" denotes "the few"? If...

Hi, Can you tell me why do I see a lot of cases where the indefinite article 'a' is used instead of the definite article 'the' when the presumption is that there is only one correct or wrong anything at a moment ? You should try to find a correct course of action for the situation you are in...

Hi, Consider this sentence.He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aritcle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?....Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? ) ...

Hi! Consider this sentence.He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aricle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?....Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? ) I...

Vincent Teo wrote:Can I say, (a) Her lessons is very fun / funny / attractive/ boring / cool /good. lessons = plural. Your verb is singular. The collocation is "great fun" (b)She is a helpful, responsible and good manner teacher. "Well-mannered" - otherwise it is fine. (c) She is a short...