In Definite articles^x, Conditionals^x

.-- I agree that there is often an option; nevertheless, in your sentence, a specific power source is implied-- i.e the power supplied at where 'they' are..

THANK YOU.You wrote:I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the 'would's are incorrect:If the power goes out, I dare to think that they will all leave.If the power goes out, I bet they will all leave.If the power goes out, I am sure that they will all leave.If the power goes...

.Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?-- YesYou wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they are...

Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they are...

I did read your blue suggestions and deliberately commented only on the things that I thought you had missed. «"I unlocked _the_ dog’s chain", I suggested the leash instead» Every dog's chain is a leash, but not vice versa. Otherwise "unleashed" is OK. Hope you...

<<Do we have to use the definite article "the" for each tense or not? >> To be very strict about it, yes, but we frequently write telegraphically and leave out the the, especially on this site, where we use the names of the tenses so often. <<1.In the use of the Present...

There are twelve tenses in English grammar. Do we have to use the definite article "the"for each tense or not? Can you give me some explanations,please?In the below examples, Do we have to use "the" or not?1.In the use of the Present Simple.2.The Present Perfect Tense or Present Perfect...

Believer wrote:Side question: A lot of dictionaries seem to indicate that the word 'subjunctive' is usually precede with the article 'the', but lately I seem to see cases where it is made plural or it with 'a' in front of it (like 'a subjunctive'). Are they correct? are ...