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dear Rita, This is an English language forum. And the use of the article here has the meaning of the language but not the feling of the people. And my correction (no offence meant) was the one concerning the understanding that it may give to the other readers of the posts. So pleasedon't regard...

Hi, When you use the word 'right', it is likely that you use with the definite article 'the' in front of it; which is based on the thoughts that there should be only one right anything in any moment (I think). But it seems hard to disregard occurances where a 'the' is not used but an 'a' is...

Hi againBriefly:1. It is all right to say the fabulous Sahara2. The is usually not capitalised in proper nouns. There are exceptions. It is often capitalised in the names of orchestras, bands, but even that is not required by any grammatical rule: When did The Beatles split up?The shorter the...

Hi, 1. As a rule, what comes after a preposition must or should be a noun or any noun equivalent? 2. I saw a lesson content writing that is written like this without the regard for English article rules, is it OK? Is it a norm to employ this type of writing style for lesson content section...

Hi, 1. As a rule, what comes after a preposition must or should be a noun or any noun equivalent? 2. I saw a lesson content writing that is written like this without the regard for English article rules, is it OK? Is it a norm to employ this type of writing style for lesson content section...

Yoong Liat wrote:1. It doesn't always behave like you think it should. 2. It doesn't always behave as you think it should. I remember reading that #1 is AmE, while #2 is BrE.I was just teasing really but seeing as you've introduced the British/American argument here's what "The Elements of...

4.0 Segregation of front and back-office Management did not segregate Leeson' duties; he successfully ran both front and back offices. There were plenty of warnings re the dangers of non-segregation of duties, however management ignored the situation assuming their recommendations...

Believer wrote: ...... Now there are three nouns -- number, size, and value -- and one is countable (I think): the word 'number'. Now, Why it's not written like this? .... become greater in numbers, size, value, etc. This seems more logical to me. This is one simple example but I seem to...

Hi, 1. I was looking at the Compact English Learner's Dictionary and in it the definition of 'warning' was noted as this: A warning is something which is said or written to tell people if a possible danger, problem, or other unpleasant thing that might happen. Why does it have to be...

Stannum wrote: Alexa For Australia wrote: Stannum wrote: Roman Catholicism is a Christian sect. Stannum The first Christians were in fact followers of a Jewish Rabbi. Christianity is a split up section of Judaism. Alexa G'day Alexa, Too true. Christianity is a Jewish sect. See ya...