By Possessives, Articles

I'm not sure what you mean by an "NT's" course, but generally you don't have both an article and a possessive.

Hi, Please tell me if there is a valid reason for the article 'a' in front of the phrase of mine? graduated from a NT's course

In many languages, adjectives usually occur in an unmarked order. However, some languages do not have this tendency. English is a language with a preferred order of adjectives. Native speakers pick this up as a matter of course; those who are learning it as an adult have to memorize it. Telugu...

But in the article below, it uses possessive noun (Michael's family). Does it mean that possessive noun is allowed when using the first name but not the last name? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Landon Cindy and Michael's family were joined by 500 other mourners including former President...

You need the article: IN THIS ISSUE Boosted by a magnificent endowment. gift from the Jordan family, two major. foundation grants, a record-breaking. Annual Fund drive, and 20 new en ...

Hi, Please check if there should be articles in the underlined parts. 1. Once children have been introduced to (the???) writers' workshop, ... I know what follows a possessive don't need to have an article, but the above one seems to be not right without have the definite article. 2. in...

I'm the same anonymous as before -- I may get around to registering in the near future.Journalistic style seems to differ from the consensus here; cf this CNN article:http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/22/sharpton.richard/index.htmlIt's about Michael Richards's apology to the african-american...

English construction does not permit both a possessive adjective (my, your, John's) and an article (a, an, the) as simultaneous modifiers. (Another = 'an other'.)

Yes is is necessary because although it is a possessive, you don't know which troupe they are talking about. If it had been the name of the theatre company with the possessive, then an article wouldn't be used. If you removed the 'a' it would sound as though the theatre company were called 'West...

Hi, Please check to see if the article 'a' is necessary. I thought when it is started with a possessive, the article isn't used usually, It's the sound of a West End's troupe's hit performance, "Stomp," bounding its way into Seoul ...