Hi If we use the verb 'to play' in combination with an instrument (singular) of any kind, we often use a definite article. John plays the violin. Mary plays the hobo. Michael plays the guitar. So don't say: I'm playing piano .

Word play and unusual spatial arrangement of words and symbols are two of cummings’s most significant contributions to modern poetry. Cummings drew and painted from an early age, and his poems often reflect his interest in visual representation of

Hey Skip, I'm wondering if you ever take a peek at Huffington Post. It would horrify you to know that 90 percent of their articles in the last few days are saying Polanski should be brought to trial ... just like you're saying ... I read

Hello, I enjoyed reading your essay, it appears that it is a descriptive essay...am I correct? The main task that you seemed to want to complete was to provide vivid details of your experience, in order to help the reader feel like they could

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But those matter aside, it's a very interesting movie for purely structural reasons. The hero at any rate the ... drives all of the male characters in the movie to make all of the various sacrifices that they ultimately make. Congratulations.

I am working on an article for Script Mag on global cinema, and am stuck on the @&*%$@## lead - ... Lagos or somewhere. I can't figure out how to phrase it so that I get the places not the art. Maybe try; movie theaters, movie reviews,

Hi. I think you are right, but on the other hand, I don't know exactly why all these have the article "a" in front of the word "living." Please help. These are one screenful of entries I got when I typed the phrase

Could anyone give me some comments on my writing? Is the whole article coherently smooth? Is the whole article readable? Is the structure of my article goo? Please give me some comments! Please some suggestions on how to improve it! Many thanks in

An article by Brooks Barnes in today's NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/movies/21stars.html?ref=global-home ( snip ) Later in the article, after listing all the films that crashed and burned this summer, the writer says, "Some