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

Hi, again. This is an extract of a reader's digest in which 'the' and 'a' are used. I can't quite pin down why the isresent in most of this paragraph because from what i know we use 'a' to introduce new objects and

Dear friend, Basically, any sentence consists of two parts. They are complete subject and complete predicate. Complete subject is the part of the sentence which names what is talked about, in your case, it is trains. The part which tells what is

I am an English grammar instructor. Your explanation is excellent as is your reference to the history of the form. However, you have a few errors technically in your examples. Although my Japanese is not strong, I had the pleasure of studying with

Hi, A compound noun is one that is formed from more than one word, eg systems analyst, wirecutters. There aren't any in your sentence. A collective noun refers to a collection, eg a group (of people), a litter (of puppies), a team

Also, I need to work hard to get good grades in all my classes. That is "The Key to Me!"

Thanks, But why can we put "ed" after a noun. The white marbled wallpaper makes our classroom very attractive and pleasant to be in. Many thanks in advance. marbled is an adjective, not a noun Something that is marbled has a pattern

Thanks, But why can we put "ed" after a noun. The white marbled wallpaper makes our classroom very attractive and pleasant to be in. Many thanks in advance.

Have you ever seen the movie "Peggy Sue Got Married"? Peggy Sue was a middle-aged woman who passes out at her high school reunion and wakes up 25 years in the past, when she's a high school student again - but with all her adult

GG: OMG! You take me back to my Latin and Russian classes in high school - the cases and declinations of nouns and adjectives: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, vocative, instrumental ... and a different ending for each one in