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You have a highly original way to deal with the dilemma, Vincent. It probably even works in some cases. Hasn't it ever occurred to you that you could actually try counting: one car, two cars, three cars. You don't normally count water: one water, two waters etc.That is a good start but...

Both the 2 replies are very helpful for me. Thank you very much!Mr. Wordy may be confused by the sentence "...which with share from our company...". I don't know if Feebs11 was also confused or not. The melamine paper factory is legally an independent joint venture. Fordeck Ltd...

Hi, In the book named "Longman English Grammar" by L. G. Alexander in the section 8 named "Prepositions, Adverb particles, and Phrasal verbs," I saw this sentence. What does 'case' mean to you? English uses more prepositions than most other European languages, partly...

I just went downtown to do some shopping and while on the tram I began to think that Swedish - or any Germanic language - can't possibly be your mother tongue. Your second Swedish sentence may perhaps be heard now and then but I consider it bad grammar. Grammatically, jag skulle ha gjort...

Hi there, Some nouns in English, uncountable under normal circumstances, take the indefinite article when qualified by the adjective or adverbial phrase. How do I tell if a noun should take the indefinite article or not? Examples: When I got back home, I took a short nap to make up for the...

Tristankhalil wrote:Hello Everyone,This is my first post in this forum...I am so glad that I had found my best resources and references for English! I am so blessed that I found Englishforums.comI badly need help especially in correcting my English grammar.Guys, I need help in this.A cousin of...

Hello Everyone,This is my first post in this forum...I am so glad that I had found my best resources and references for English! I am so blessed that I found Englishforums.comI badly need help especially in correcting my English grammar.Guys, I need help in this.A cousin of mine, ask me to make a...

Armsys wrote:Wow, I'm rather surrpised but delighted by your explanation. Thanks a lot. How does it apply to post office, police, bus,...etc. It doesn't. The use of articles is perhaps the trickiest part of English grammar. Sometimes logic helps, sometimes it doesn't.CB

I asked this question a few days ago in "ESL General English Grammar Questions" but haven't got an answer. Can anybody here answer my question, please? In which sentences is the article "the" used? And when can we drop "the"? Is it possible to use the article "a" in some of these sentences?...

Things get a little hazy one you enter the www. It's easy to visualize posting an article ON a corkboard or bulletin board that is physically on a wall. You can also think of a forum as a frequently updated bulletin board that is physically on a wall. But when it comes to the www, the idea...