I am not a native speaker of English. My mother tongue is Japanese, and we have no Japanese word class that functions like the English definite article "the." Therefore, the indefinite article is one of the most difficult word classes to

Hello..let me try to answer your question.. An abstract noun (countable/uncountable) may be used with an indefinite article when a certain aspect of the notion denoted by the noun is meant. And the indefinite article expresses a certain kind of

I do know that ‘history’ alone takes an article, I agree with Avangi's interpretation. Just my two cents. Your above statement is not always correct. History can be an abstract noun for example This is the first time in history the province

What was referred to in an earlier reply is an American style of speech, which, to be honest, seems to have been started by the t,v show friends, and has spread widely. e.g 'The Hoff' to describe the guy from Bay Watch, or 'How's

" A dying of an old self and the rebirth of a new" Teachers, please help me with this. After studying how to use the articles, I still don't completely understand where I should use the definite article "the" and where the indefinite one "a".

Thank you, Mr. M. It helped me a lot. Would you say the underlined part is a restrictive phrase or a modifying phrase . If it is either one, then would you kindly tell me what is the difference between a modifying phrase and a restrictive

Mr. M. Lately I think I am seeing more of what looks be uncountable nouns followed by what looks to be retrictive clauses and precede by the indefinite article "a." Is that right? How about this? IS THIS RIGHT? A beauty of the Princess of

Hi! Perhaps I can help you by one example: He likes the music of France. This structure is called "limited generic reference"... "Music" basically is a non-count abstract noun (you can't count or physically touch music...), which

The use of the zero article in English depends on the kind of noun this article refers to. Within your second sentence: "I like the teachers of my school", the noun "teacher" is a countable concrete noun and thus requires the definite article.

I'm not sure that "the" does anything! That is, it is simply a requirement in that expression. You are right that the indicates definiteness. Here it makes city definite; as a proper noun Toronto has no need to be made definite because it already