What about the "at hospital" of BrE compared to "at the hospital" in AmE? Don't Brits mean at a specific hospital? Which "at hospital" of BrE - whereas it definitely is "in hospital" and often "to

on 04 Nov 2003: There's nothing to explain beyond: It's a typo. You were right and the article was wrong. "Patti had bought a home in (an) area she had never even told me she was interested in." You wouldn't insist on the

There's nothing to explain beyond: It's a typo. You were right and the article was wrong. "Patti had bought a home in (an) area she had never even told me she was interested in." You wouldn't insist on the indefinite article

AT JOHN 1:1 the King James Version reads: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Trinitarians claim that this means that "the Word" (Greek, ho lo'gos) who came to earth as Jesus Christ was Almighty God

Hi, you asked Which is the correct usage please: " I have ordered a / an MRI (magnetic resonance scan) and will review the patient following this." Rule: With single letters and groups of letters that are pronounced as individual letters, be

The other day I explained the difference between definite and indefinite articles to a student, saying that "the" was specific (ex. the dog barked) and "a, an" non-specifc (eg. I want a dog). So, the next day he made a comment like "My car got

Hi. Formally, it's an indefinite article (a man = any man). Compare to "the", which is a definite article: the man on the corner (no other man). Now, it can be considered a preposition only in informal speech when replacing "of": sorta sad (sort

'A/an' is called the 'indefinite article'. 'The' is called the 'definite article'. 'Some/any' is often used as the pluran of 'a/an'. If you use 'no article', this has a different meaning from all the others. Therefore in English there are four