Yes , I understand that, but to further press the issue, would you still use, I walked in the rain, even when you know that this is a specific reference to rain and the reader has no way of knowing which rain I'm talking about? Examples like

In the following sentence: I walked in the rain. The word rain has a specific reference here and the sentence implies the reader knows which rain is referred to. If I, however, say I walked in rain, I somehow suggest the reader that he/she

In Bryan A. Garner's "Dictionary of Modern American Usage", the set phrase "suffice it to say" is explained to be the subjunctive form of the indicative "it suffices to say". The article on the subjunctive mood in

Lena, according to a number of dictionaries and reference books on English usage, follow-up meaning a book, film, or article that is based on or develops an earlier one (=sequel) is used with to, eg, He's currently working on a follow-up to

Happiness is considered very important in our life. Why it is difficult to define? What factors are in achieving happiness? Believe it or not, the majority of people agree that happiness is one of the major concerns of lives. No

For example, The doorsill on a doorway. Why can't it be A doorsill on a doorway? or A doorsill on the doorway? Use "the" when you mean "one". A doorway has only one doorsill, so we say " The doorsill on a

Due to varying definitions of "billion", etc, and increasing globalisation, eventually one standard definition had to be agreed upon, to avoid confusion and misinterpretation. That was surely an admirable step to take. When was it taken,

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