Hi Jackson6612, admission can be of many kinds such as admission to a university, college, flying school etc. So, shouldn't the be used in front of admission? Perhaps, it shouldn't be because Jack would know what admission Jane was

Hi all! I've been giving English conversation lessons to a theology professor for about a year now. He's getting on in the years - a couple years from retirement - and his primary goal has been just to get his spoken English going a little

Thank you, Clive. I think you were right in using an example with "I went to the sentence" in it because it is followed with a sentence stating the reason of his visiting that physical place, if you will, but if that child happens to be super

General Canadian English is extremely similar to General American English. However, there are a number of differences between the two dialects. Firstly, GCE (General Canadian English) exhibits a linguistic phenomenon called Canadian Raising.

Hi, Yankee, Let me give you somewhat exact context to try to set the stage straight, so I can ask you the question more clearly. In a tread started by Ethanw, with its name "definite article," I think he asked why there seems to be a

Bob is in the hospital => means Bob is hospitalized. Bob is in college => means Bob is studying in a university Bob is in (the) office => Does this sentence need a definite article to imply Bob is working in his office? I know 'his

Thanks for your input! I still have a dilemma. Look at the following article which comes from Purdue University's on line writing lab. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html Note also that in English, the indefinite

Hi, I think it is stated pretty plainly that one of the possible conditions for the requirement of the definite article the is the existence of a post-modifying clause or phrase that is restrictive. From what I know, I think the articles are

Your additions of the definite article can certainly be correct in context , as you said-- but if the questions are stand-alone, then the test taker cannot presume outside context, and the answers of these isolated questions could only be at

When you are talking about a particular university which is near Shangrilla hotel you have to use definite article 'the' .