In Nouns^x, Definite articles^x

quote user Cool Breeze However what you have made a mistake with in my humble opinion is that the indefinite article isn t used with uncountable nouns The defintite article the can be used with all nouns quote Yes yes yes I know that Maybe I used the wrong words to express what I was trying to...

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quote a A librarian works in at the library A librarian is in charge of a library quote All three are correct but have slightly different meanings Also the switch between indefinite and definite articles in your first two examples sounds odd quote b A grasshopper looks looks like a praying...

Madhulk I think you are right Washroom is an uncountable noun therefore indefinite articles a or an cannot modify it Of course Jack would not go to his neighbour s home to use his washroom So the definite article the would be used to refer to Jack s own washroom

Yes the definite article can be used with nouns of both types Pour the water onto the tea water and tea are pure uncountable nouns quote user Jackson6612 I have been told that the accent of Russian is such that Russians have to struggle a lot in order to speak good English Is it true quote I don...

quote user Ant_222 quote user Jackson6612 Let me rephrase it again even indefinite article the is used with countable nouns or the nouns which are acting as counting nouns quote What s indefinite article the Sorry I meant to say definite article As the meaning of my question stands corrected now...

1 You could use the article the but it is often omitted when the words type of control degree of involvement denote a concept Countability is not a factor here as the definite article the is possible with all nouns 2 and 3 Yes to all questions but articles are often omitted when opposites are...

Hi Here s another quotation of Paracelsus in which I am troubled by the definite article before sperma I certainly wouldn t use it so can somebody explain why it is needed here If the sperma enclosed in a hermetically sealed glass is buried in horse manure for about forty days and is properly...

Hello all Here s another quotation of Paracelsus in which I am troubled by the definite article before sperma I certainly wouldn t use it so can somebody explain why it is needed here If the sperma enclosed in a hermetically sealed glass is buried in horse manure for about forty days and is...

quote user Jackson6612 Let me rephrase it again even indefinite article the is used with countable nouns or the nouns which are acting as counting nouns quote What s indefinite article the quote user Jackson6612 So it means if some non countable noun is acting as a countable noun then it has to...