By Definite articles, Dates

Thank you, again.Are these types of verbal nouns (as you called it) or instances of verbal nouns? What validates their placement of an indefinite article?I did a Google Book search for the what you seem to be callling "verbal nouns" -- watching, mixing, playing, shouting and seemed to...

Thank you, Avangi. In my previous post, I should have used third-person verb tenses, 'sounds' and 'gives' -- proper subject-verb agreement wasn't made due to my carelessness. Going back to your request for examples of cases where I would feel something in quotes could not be...

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you could write: The mixing of sugar and flour makes this...

Hi, Maybe I really shouldn't delve too deeply into the topic of changing an uncountable noun into a countable noun but since I see them every so often in print, I want to ask you. A person or two (think one person is Yankee) seem to have said that I have to find the words or things that can be...

Actually, I think I have already said what I had to say in my response to your post about the cats and alligators. But I'll go over some of your concerns:I think I saw from a post here that kind of said that many times, having "descriptive adjectives" in front of UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS trigger the...

A) What's the date today? --> (Today is) 19th August.B) What's the day today? --> (Today is) Saturday.Could you please answer the following questions:6) Americans write dates in the Month, Day format. As far as I know, both of these are correct: August 19 and August 19th. Which is more...

Pastsimple wrote:Hi,A) What's the date today? --> (Today is) 19th August.B) What's the day today? --> (Today is) Saturday.Could you please answer the following questions:1) What are the alternative ways of asking about the current day/date? (E.g. What day is today? What day is it...

Hi,A) What's the date today? --> (Today is) 19th August.B) What's the day today? --> (Today is) Saturday.Could you please answer the following questions:1) What are the alternative ways of asking about the current day/date? (E.g. What day is today? What day is it today?)2) Which of them are...

Can it be like this too? 1. In response to your inquiry dated 15 February 2006, I confirm athat the consignment of definite articles was sent on the 12th of March. But not, 2. In response to your inquiry dated 15 February 2006, I confirm that the consignment of definite articles was sent on...

I think there is some flexibility here. It's true that those examples relate to dialogue; but you could write the "the" in a letter too: 1. In response to your enquiry dated 15 February 2006, I confirm that the consignment of definite articles was sent on the 12th of this month. Or: 2. In...