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The earthquake has been weighing on my mind today because I have friends in that area and I thought that I would write an article about it because doing something productive helps me work through things in my mind sometimes. (whew - that's a

I'm an english teacher and I don't know how to explain this to my students. Even if I say that these kinds of words are just idiomatic,how can we differenciate between uncountable nouns that take the article "a" and those which

Do you mean that we use the article "a" with uncountable noun only if we add another noun,like " a natural sugar",but what about " what a shame"?.or just because they're modifiers? I'm really confused,I

Probably just a matter of viewpoint. Since the article is correct, the noun must be countable; Yes indeed, a matter of viewpoint. This seems to be a case of viewing countability differently. I learned in school to call "countable" those

Dear Friend! This is the last variant of my motivation letter to Master's programme. I really need your opinion! I'm not sure about some words I highlighted it! Could you please correct it!? What do you think about the structure and

He drank two red wines. -- By default, I would understand this to mean that he drank two glasses of red wine. However, it could also mean that he drank two brands/types of red wine. Only the context will tell. When I think of the word

Here is a quick correction, with the crossouts being my deletions and the color bar words being my substitutions. A: Y Do y ou smell something burning? It's the smell of sweet potato. <Or: It smells like sweet potato.> B: Nothing. A: y

Everyone is screaming and running around. It is very noisy here. I am 4 years old and I am about to start my first art lesson. I am taking the brush and starting to paint the lemon tree that stands on the windowsill in my kindergarten. And as my

Hello again :) I rewrote one paragaph and I think that this is my last big correction of my statement letter. I hope that it will be commented by many people, that i could now what everyone thinks. Please write if you would accept me or not :)