is it correct to use the in this sentence? if it is wrong, under what circumstance it could be correct? I am so inspired by the sadness that I feel I have found the joy.

Hello all. I have a trouble with this sentence, and I hope you could help me. "As much as Seoul and Tokyo pledged closer cooperation toward their common goal, greater distance is felt between China and its two neighbors to the

" the Samsung project" - "the" is required by English grammar rules - an article or pronoun (this, that, our, etc.) is placed in front of nouns. Many people have trouble with these little words! Here are some rules and examples

Thanks for your quick response Grammar Geek and by the way, sorry about the spelling mistake in my original posting. Just shows that I'm not an expert. Just one thing puzzles me. How do you pronounce the word historic on its own. I would find

either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need to specify

Hi, This may seem slightly trivial; however, I have always tried to be pedantic with English writing. When one makes a list using a comma, do they all need to make sense with the words preceeding the first comma. Yes, although that's really a

1. The use of the indefinite article implies that more than one shop are involved. On second thought, I'm trying to envisage a conversation with "it's a little shop of my own"... Perhaps it could be used even if you have only

Hi, Please look at this and tell me if the indefinite article 'a' goes with the third and fourth underlined parts. Is there possible confusion? If yes, how would you resolve it in term of grammar and the sentence structure? Would you say

Hi, Please look at this and tell me if the indefinite article 'a' goes with the third and fourth underlined parts. Is there possible confusion? If yes, how would you resolve it in term of grammar and the sentence structure? Would you say

- The youths clashed with police / the police in Belfast. I can see no reason why the definite article should be used with youths. We know nothing about these youths and the reference is to no specific group of youths. If we use the before