By Nouns, Indefinite articles

Hi Magda,It means that a certain Mrs Smith called: Main Entry:2a Function:indefinite article4 a : SOME 1 <will see you again one day> b : being a certain individual specified by name <one John Doe made a speech> Cheers,NewPhilologist

Believer wrote:I have a sentence I think I saw written somewhere. How would you rewrite it so it is correct? I think it is incorrect. Our company has a children's center for our employees in need of child care. I can't see a problem with this sentence otherwise. The indefinite article is...

Dear teachers, First, happy New Year to you all, and thank you for your kindness and dedication. I want to tell you that you've helped a lot throughout these years and I feel deeply endebted to you. My question for today is: Can I use the indefinite article with the genitive? Is it correct to...

Hi,Cambridge Dic says "means" is plural, like scissors or pantsmeans (METHOD) plural noun What is the matter with the leading indefinite article then, as in "a means of"? Is it an idiom? But if we can single out one particular "means" of all available, then shouldn't it be countable?

Your question is very broad. You can never use a after kind of/sort of when an adjective follows:It was kind of difficult.This use of kind of is quite informal in style.When a noun follows, a is possible if the noun that follows can take the indefinite article:We need a new kind of (a) leader.It...

Milky wrote:Depending on the context it could be part of a description, however imprecise, of women in general - generic qualities of the gender called "woman". Or, it could be describing a man who has such characteristics. Not sure if it would be used to desribe anything else.Good! So if a...

Thank you, Mr. M. I think I used the phrase "pushed for a modernization for equipment" to pose the question that asked whether it refers to an instance of transforming an uncountable noun into a countable noun and I believe CalifJim said it is so. Hmm, it doesn't seem to be an instance of a...

Thanks, Marius. I will keep this rule in mind. What I am puzzled by, however, is the fact that either of the examples you gave me doesn't refer exactly to the sentence I gave.In your first example, we deal with proper names, no articles there, and in the second one, with one noun in plural and...

hello!this can be confusing for beginners as to as and when to use "the" (definite) or "a/an" (indefinite) article correctly.in grammar rules, the definite article (the) is used in occasions like stating a unique object, e.g. The moon, The sun and etc. secondly, when the same noun is mentioned...

Hi, Maybe I really shouldn't delve too deeply into the topic of changing an uncountable noun into a countable noun but since I see them every so often in print, I want to ask you. A person or two (think one person is Yankee) seem to have said that I have to find the words or things that can be...