Hi, I think I saw the words 'host' and 'multitude' listed as a quantifier (whatever it means - I don't know). I think I also saw the words with the indefinite article 'a' as in 'a host' and 'a

I think the definite article, the indefinite article, and no article all work here with no significant difference in meaning. There may be shadings of differences in implication. But I think this particular example is best with "the."

Hi all! I've been giving English conversation lessons to a theology professor for about a year now. He's getting on in the years - a couple years from retirement - and his primary goal has been just to get his spoken English going a little

Could you please explain to me why you didn´t correct the indefinite article before the word kids (second paragraph, first line)? You are right the 'a' before 'kids' should not be there. I missed out. Thank you. The original

Hi 26TMNTJG2PG, Could you please explain to me why you didn´t correct the indefinite article before the word kids (second paragraph, first line)? I would also write serious ly , instead of the word "serious" you used (the latter is only

Madhulk, I think you are right. Washroom is an uncountable noun, therefore indefinite articles a or an cannot modify it. Of course, Jack would not go to his neighbour's home to use his washroom. So, the definite article the would be used to

Let me rephrase it again, even indefinite article the is used with countable nouns or the nouns which are acting as counting nouns . What's "indefinite article the"? Sorry, I meant to say definite article . As the meaning of my

Although I could be wrong, I took it to mean 'a single sperm'.   Oh, that's the key. Assuming it does mean a single cell (which even makes more sense), do you think the indefinite article is also possible? Sorry for this long

A few grammar books carried by ESL students suggest that "there is" only takes indefinite articles Good advice for beginners using "existential there ". You've got four combinations to disentangle here. "existential

Let me rephrase it again, even indefinite article the is used with countable nouns or the nouns which are acting as counting nouns . What's "indefinite article the"? So it means if some non-countable noun is acting as a