In Nouns^x, Articles^x

You need to say "the fearful wailing" in these. Also, it would be much more natural sounding to say "of his next-door neighbor's dog"

Hi,I think I found out the word 'wailing' is an uncountable noun.If that is so, then is this correct?A feartul wailing was heard.He heard a fearful wailing.I would be more comfortable if I saw something like this:He heard a fearful wailing of a dog,or,He heard a fearful wailing of the dog...

Countability has nothing to do with the use of the definite article, only the indefinite article. Ondol is a proper noun and no article is needed with it in your example. You could of course avoid repetition and say: ... I would like to use it...CB

Hi,Please tell me if the article 'the' is needed. I think the word 'system' is a contable noun. If I have what looks to be a foreign word,do I need to follow the normal grammar conventions? Should I italicize or put the word in a pair of quotation marks?Ondol is a Korean heating...

Hi, Please tell me if the article is needed. Please tell me the reason for your decision if possible. I think you can look this in two ways: one is, a quoted content, ie, one in quotation marks, sort of an countable noun and treat as such and the other is a word in quotes to denote an unusal use...

Hi,Please tell me if the article is needed. Please tell me the reason for your decision if possible. I think you can look this in two ways: one is, a quoted content, ie, one in quotation marks, sort of an countable noun and treat as such and the other is a word in quotes to denote an unusal use...

Yes, you need the definite article before a superlative, whether the noun it modifies is singular or plural. the most beautiful girl/girlsTop gun; top dog are fixed expressions when used without an article. Ultimate climber/climbers may be a fixed expression, but I haven't heard it. If so,...

Hi,I am wonder if I have to place the definite article before a phrase that has a superative in front or before another word. Normally, I figure a definite noun is necessary if a singular noun/word? is involved, ie I need the best/strongest man to lift this table, but if we have 'men'...

Thank you. What threw me off was the non-capitalization of the first letter of the word 'cemetery'. A common word plus non-capitalization could make it necessary to have an article, at least for the sake of the common noun, at least to me. Can you tell me what the reason for that ...

Thanks for the comment. I'm still puzzled by essentially in (a). (a) is quoted from TRIPS Article 27, Paragraph 3(b). If "essentially" were to modify "biological", I still need to figure out what "essentially biological processes" means, both legally and...