Whenever you say " a few of " (or " some of ", " a lot of ", etc) it has to be followed by one of the following: a definite article + plural noun phrase > the a plural object pronoun > us / you / them a

With Ordinal Numerals like the first, the second, the third, .... the last we use a definite article, Ong.

If "A" and "B" are supposed to represent two people, then I would understand your sentence to basically mean this: One of these two people is shorter than the other one. The shorter one of these two people is also the

Hi. 1. Why is there a definite article, "the", before the phrase (a proper name?) "King's Garden"? Here, would you say the word "King's" is more or less functioning as an adjective? In Nehemiah

"Kind" means type or class, which is just a unit of a logical division, so your sentences sound a bit strange to me. You can say:«Truck is a kind of vehicle», and «Hatchback is a kind of car». It absolutely OK not to use the definite

The short answer to your question is no. The word "imbued" is not used in everyday language, and is probably inappropriate in the given context, even if intended metaphorically. It means "saturated", and your example would mean

Here is some food for thought. When each of the following example used singular verb, does it mean "one insect", or as I said, a collective species?: In all the examples you have quoted, each mention of "roaches"

Hi. What is written in Malachi 1:14 of the Bible, New International Version, is this. 14 "Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a

Hi. What do we have to do when we are confronted with a situation that seems to offer two viable (correct?) choices like this one? I think the choice is between making the underlined part possessive or attributive (to make it serve adjectivally?

Hi Anon: English is inconsistent when using the definite article with names. There are some general (rather complex) guidelines, and there are exceptions. We use "the" before ordinal numbers the first, the second, the third..... so that