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Smallpeople wrote:hello all friends, Hello friends / Hi friends I am new people in this forum, I need you help for give me reason english about, because I am not yet know it good. I am new to this forum. I need you to help me to understand English because I am not good at it / because I...

New2grammar wrote:Can the word president be used as an adjective? I do not think so but it is widely used without an article. I believe there's another reason behind, could someone please point that out? Thanks! Nicolas Sarkozy was inaugurated as president on Wednesday in a whirlwind of...

Grammar Geek, thanks! Often, I miss the articles. This is the weakest part in my English grammar. Here's the copy of this report. The information contained in this report presents a picture of salary rate movement for mid-level managerial and professional employees across various economic...

CalifJim wrote:It seems that the shorter the word, the longer it takes to master it! CJ How true! To my mind, the articles are the most difficult aspect of English grammar owing to the myriad illogicalities in their use.CB

Hello! Following is from “The Great Gatsby” by Fitzgerald. "He's a bootlegger. One time he killed a man who had found out that he was nephew to Von Hindenberg and second cousin to the devil" The underlined part, nephew, doesn’t it have to be “a nephew”, because it is a...

Hi, I need to write a sentence in the following pattern, and I don't see how it's possible. The pattern is: adjective + direct object + helping verb + subject + verb No articles allowed? So, something like 'Great strength did he use'. This kind of odd word order seems very literary or...

Best and the best are adverbs in your sentences and therefore both are correct and there is no difference in meaning. They normally refer to this subject. English grammar is easy to learn since there is so little of it, but that very fact can lead to ambiguity. Superlatives of adverbs need no...

Believer wrote: Hi, Please take a look at the following two sentences I kind of picked out from the posts here and tell me if the second one would need 'a' in the spot indicated. 1. He has a good knowledge in English grammar. 2. It contains ___ valuable information on English grammar....

Milky wrote:Do you say "answer me, Father" to your own father? Or do you say "answer me, the Father"? When you speak to God, do you say "Father..." or "the Father"? Think about it.It is a basic rule of English grammar that no article is used when addressing someone, even if his/her name usually...

Hello, Shabnam.I have been reading this thread and I want to say that I admire you for wanting to improve yourself. Although you are having a few problems with English grammar, so are millions of other people. Many people who speak only English cannot even read or write. You are blessed that...