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)

He heard a fearful wailing of a dog, 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

Do you have any comments on "top gun" or "ultimate climber" with and without articles - or definite vs. indefinite articles?? 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

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

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. Yes, yes, yes. I know that. Maybe I used the wrong words

I welcome your further comments. 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

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

(a) The patients are waiting for seeing the doctor. The patients are waiting to see the doctor. The second sentence is correct. (b) It is cheap to travel by bus. This sentence is correct. (c) Tourist often buy souvenirs to take back home. Change