By Clauses, Indefinite articles

You would usually have an accompanying clause that indicates when something else happened.You would usually have a when-something-else-happened clause that goes with it.Very informal.It's not restricted to the indefinite article. CJ

Hi AwenceThe sentence is less than perfect to me as well. It begins with a subordinate clause introduced with a causal for and the next clause begins with and, a coordinating conjunction. After these comes yet another subordinate clause, a relative clause introduced by whose. There is no main...

I think there are a couple way to look at this. One is the use of the word 'thereof' and what it means. It is defined as such: thereof -adverb: of or concerning this, that or itWhen the word 'thereof' is used it gets its meaning entirely from the word to which it refers. So...

Hi BelieverDon't look for logic with regard to articles in English. Adjectival attributes very often bring on an indefinite article:A new culture was born.A relative clause may do the same:We need a culture that is totally different from what we have now.When an adjectival attribute refers to a...

Here's what I would say:We are going to stay in/at a nice hotel, just like famous actors.I wouldn't use the same as here at all. I might say: We stayed at the same hotel as famous actors. You have an indefinite article in the main clause, though.I am interested in learning foreign languages and...

Right or wrong?“For a moment1, I even thought2 that this was some sort of test3 and that this woman was someone from the head office4, testing my loyalty5.” 1: Prepositional phrase used adverbially. 2: Main clause 3: Dependant clause 4: Dependant clause 5: Participial...

«I have a sentence that seems to be followed with a restrictive clause...» It is descriptive. If it was singular, indefinite article would be used: «I have an apple that has not been sprayed with insectside.»

Mr. M. Lately I think I am seeing more of what looks be uncountable nouns followed by what looks to be retrictive clauses and precede by the indefinite article "a." Is that right? How about this? IS THIS RIGHT? A beauty of the Princess of Bigman's land is exquisite. Can an uncountable which...

Although grammar books say the indefinite article should not be used with uncountable nouns, there are many instances in which it is. In your sentence it is the phrase from God and the relative clause that is by faith... that introduces the article. The writer refers to a special kind of...

I wonder if there is any tactics by means of which you would be returned to life, now being more susceptible to small bites, to unevenness/uneven heart beats of the heart. "Unevenness" is a noun, not an adjective, so it couldn't be used to describe anything. Saying "heart beats of the heart"...