The second largest economy. What part of speech is 'second'? My terminology is: 'second' is an adjective or a pre-determiner and largest is also a determiner. Thanks.

Hi, I saw your post after I had replied to Nona's. Jackson: Please excuse me; I have taken some liberties in interpreting what you have written. No problems. Q1: Who told you that there is no freedom of speech

. No, coloraday, there is nothing wrong with using a determiner in some contexts before qualified uncountable nouns: A light rain A radiant beauty A clear understanding A certain knowledge etc. .

I think that #2 is wrong because the word rain is uncountable and cannot be preceded by a determiner such as a .

Can the above definition also be extended to countable plural nouns? No. Countable plural nouns do not require a determiner. Example: Bills keep piling up on my desk. I must pay them some day! How many kinds of determiners are there in English?

Am I seriously wrong if I tell her that SINGULAR REGULAR NOUNS (I'm not talking about proper nouns, plural nouns, or pronouns) DO NOT START SENTENCES, but follow an article or a word like "some," "one," "that,"

Hello,I am trying to teach my 3 Chinese students to perform grammatical analysis on English sentences (or what some people call "diagramming a sentence"). I am nothing close to a qualified English teacher; I only come from a heavily

. You are incorrect. A singular countable noun requires a determiner of some sort. I have a head, I have a heart, I have a wife, I have a car, I have a headache. .

Thank you, Jim. Your reply was most helpful. :) I had not thought of the absolute superlative usage as a point of comparison. The student directly asked what the difference was between the same sentence with and without "of the" Ballet

With the determiner, there's a noun in front of the main verb. Is this the only difference between the two? Having the noun in front of the verb is not the important part. What is important is that the determiner is followed by a noun. ... why