By Quotation marks, Articles

.Your quotation marks confuse the issue.What is the difference between a dog and a wolf?Yes, the article is needed above.The following is also acceptable (but you might get a different answer):What is the difference between "dog" and "wolf"?.

If you mean them as words (which I conclude from quotation marks) there's no need for articles.

Jesus wants to be the "someone else" in our lives whom we put first. -- Usually, we use the phrase "someone else" without any articles but in this case we can use "the' because we are specifying a specific someone else, but can we write it without the quotation marks like this? Jesus wants to...

Thank you, Calif. Can you tell me what you mean by the same rules can be applied to parenthetical content? As to the application of the rules to quoted content, I think mostly we focus on some content that is taken from a writing content but can it be done for the case where you are not quoting...

Mister Micawber wrote:What possibly could be the content of what Mr. Bush's had said that justifies the placement of quotation marks around the two word phrase "enduring relationship" and exclusion of what seems to be an essential grammar part, the English article "an"? Perhaps what he actually...

What possibly could be the content of what Mr. Bush's had said that justifies the placement of quotation marks around the two word phrase "enduring relationship" and exclusion of what seems to be an essential grammar part, the English article "an"? Perhaps what he actually said was something...

Mister Micawber wrote: A. How can I know when to include the article in the quotation mark portion or not.-- What is within the quotes is what the person said; what is outside the quotes has been added or changed by the journalist. Thank you, Mr. M. What possibly could be the content of what...

A. How can I know when to include the article in the quotation mark portion or not.-- What is within the quotes is what the person said; what is outside the quotes has been added or changed by the journalist.B.How do we know if a noun has an adjective that is a noun in form, that phrase is an...

Hi, A. When reading a newspaper, I think one would likely to see words or phrases or even clauses in quotation marks. How can I know when to include the article in the quotation mark portion or not. 1. At the same time, Bush called for an "enduring relationship" with Iraq that ... Why...

Hi all, S Korean ship 'sinks off Iran' was the headline of a news article on BBC's news website about a South Korean-registered ship sank in Iranian waters. I couldn't figure out why 'sinks off Iran' was in quotation marks. Could you please tell me why that is the case? Thanks Best wishes,PBF