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Hi, I was looking at (what I think I could call) a travel guide on "Korea" by "lonely planet" and want to ask these questions: 1. On page 104, it had this partial sentence when talking about the WORLD CUP STADIUM AND PARK: Well, some clever person turned the World Cup stadium...

Hi teachers, Could you possibly help me ask a question about somebody's religion l and answer such a question: Can I ask:" What's your religion/faith?" And Can I answer: " I'm (a) Buddhist/(a) Catholic/(a)protestant/(a) Muslim/(a) HIndu. Please let me know whether an...

Fine, especially because of the adjectival attribute. Adjectives tend to enable the use of an indefinite article in many contexts. Examples: Birds were flying in the sky. Birds were flying in a blue sky. I had lunch. I had an early lunch. I saw George Bush on TV last night. I saw a sad George...

No, I don't think I have any. I'm sure your reliable ear will offer you the right choices. CB

Countability has nothing to do with the use of the definite article, only the indefinite article. Ondol is a proper noun and no article is needed with it in your example. You could of course avoid repetition and say: ... I would like to use it ... CB

Thanks, CB. I actually knew better, but was trying to show ultimate as adj. vs. "psuedo-superlative," or something like that. Do you have any comments on "top gun" or "ultimate climber" with and without articles - or definite vs. indefinite articles?? - A.

Yes, you need the definite article before a superlative, whether the noun it modifies is singular or plural. the most beautiful girl/girls Top gun; top dog are fixed expressions when used without an article. Ultimate climber/climbers may be a fixed expression, but I haven't heard it....

Yes, yes, yes. I know that. Maybe I used the wrong words to express what I was trying to say. Maybe I should have said it as follows: Only an uncountable noun can be used without an article (if it's singular). The formulation in sea uses no article. Therefore it treats sea as uncountable....

I don't get e-mail notifications from most of my posts on this forum but I saw your response as I was browsing what is going on at the moment. Please forgive me if I don't always respond to your questions. My e-mails have worked haphazardly after the face-lift in February. I don't...

Aha! This one is a little difficult. Absent earlier context setting the present time, "earlier in the evening" does two things. It establishes that the present time is this evening . And it establishes that Chavez picked the thing up at some time earlier this evening . Well, I guess...