By Nouns, Articles

Example Sentence: I want a mango, pineapple, and strawberry.I believe in the above sentence article a is associated with all the nouns, mango, pineapple, and strawberry. And same is the case with your sentence where article the only comes before dog but it is associated with both dog and...

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.I don't think so. Maybe we have to struggle a bit to learn to pronounce some sounds, but once grasped, it is not difficult...

Those are standard grammatical terms. Restrictive – something that restricts the meaning of a noun to a single specified object which otherwise would refer to a multitude or a class of objects. Descriptive – something that only describes an object, but does not specify it.Descriptive: "This...

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?

Hi, Can't "it" refer to an uncountable noun? Yes, it can, generally speaking. Do you think it does in this case? 'Sperma' is not a word in modern English, as far as I know. Although I could be wrong, I took it to mean 'a single sperm'. What about these? 1. If water...

Can't "it" refer to an uncountable noun?What about these?1. If water is heated, it begins to boil (is "the" required before "water"?)2. If water, enclosed in a hermetically sealed glass, is heated, it may reach a temperature higher than 100 centigrade and will...

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...

Hi,I have trouble knowign whether I should put articles for situations like below or not.1. Classroom management styles can be characterized along two dimensions: type (why not 'the type'??) of control ... and degreee (the degree OK??) of involvement ...I feel the word 'degree' is...

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...

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...