By Articles, Idioms

If you use Earth as the official name of our planet in scientific writing, no article is used since all planets are without an article: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Earth etc. People often use the article with Earth in this sense even though it isn't necessary.The article is used in accordance with...

.Watch out for these kinds of questions-- the lack of an article suggests that it might be an idiom-- and indeed it is. A change of scene is a common way to relax.

There's some truth in that article. My parents, for instance, used to speak in Sardinian (not a dialect, but recognised as an endangered language by the UNESCO) when talking to each other or to their relatives, but they would only speak Italian with my brother and me. I grew up monolingual,...

Singular would be, "Let's have a big thank-you for our terriffic team!" I guess "thanks" is a fixed idiom, as is "thanks a lot" which makes not a whole lot of sense.

Hi Jackson, 1. "taking on water off" is not a phrase. "taking on water" is a nautical idiom for water being brought on board a vessel. We also say "shipping water." In the second case it would be unintentional. In the first case it's usually unintentional...

Hi,it's just an idiom used to say "that husband who is a fool". But I think there's something interesting about this idiom, which I am not sure about. 1) Additional particles go before the first noun:I saw your idiot of a sister. I saw that idiot of a sister of yours.NOT: I saw...

As to this point, the whole article is kinda a metaphor; they're comparing plant husbandry with child education. Thanks and Regards! Maple

I have underlined further problems and answered your questions inside your brackets:I've seen this movie twice and it astonish me a lot. Each person fits into themselves a bit of truth about environment. Although there are a plenty of films with the same scenario but Mikhalkov can get the...

I don't know cricket at all! I speak USA English, so I will only point out one article change and leave idiom alone. Write: "the fact remains that spectators...", not 'that the spectators..."

Because it's an idiom it disregards normal rules of English and articles?