By Articles, Determiners

There is no rule against using 'The' with a noncount noun. The air was cool and refreshing. The water trickled slowly past. The wind softly rustled the leaves in the trees. A and an cannot be used with noncount nouns. However, noncount nouns that represent a collection or a mass may be...

Thank you. As you said the word "same" is (almost) always preceded by an article or determiner, can you supply me with a precious one example of the exception to the general application?

Same is a word that is (almost) always preceded by an article or determiner; in that sense, I would call the phrase highly collocated or idiomatic. Therefore, your second sentence is incorrect.

Thank you. But I want to indicate the main structure of the sentence in question is from a textbook and it is pretty doubtful that they would make such haphazard mistake as overlooking to put determiners in front of the words "beard" and "hair"; maybe it is that the indefinite articles don't...

Not weird at all, Jenthecute.If the two items are stated briefly and are in some sense considered a 'set' in the writer's mind, then only a single article will serve for both:Pass me the bread and butter.I need a pen and eraser.That's the long and short of it.Often, the single article (or other...

An attributive adjective is simply one that precedes the noun, Ricky:The tall man is my brother. Tall is an attributive adjective, premodifying man.My brother is tall. Tall is now a predicative adjective, postmodifying brother.An attributive superlative requires the (or another determiner):The...

Anonymous wrote:We can use quite in the following : 1)quite+ adj/adv2)quite+ article(a/an)+ adj + countable noun If the noun is uncountable, can I use quite+ adj + noun?3)quite + article(a/an) + noun4)quite +verbCan pretty, rather or fairly use in the way as quite do?Hello Anon Adjective...

What is the word sucks in "Homework sucks"? Is it a verb or an adjective? If it is a verb, what does homework suck?This brings up an excellent point, and a wonderful opportunity to discover the beautiful syntactic structure of the English language. The question at hand is "Does an English verb...

Hi, I was wondering if this sentence as a starting sentence of an article, should have "the" in front of "Japan's prosecutors"? John Doe challenged (the) Japan's prosecutors yesterday to come and get him. From my understanding, if something is very specific, you don't use "the," like "John's...

Hi, I came across this sentence while I was reading an article in a newspaper. By the way, when one is using a sentence or two (or a whole paragraph for that matter) to ask questions, do that person have to quote the sources? I think I don't have to if I am using a sentence or two, but maybe I...