By Definite articles, Expressions

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...

User_gary wrote: Teacher, we want to get up a small group for a folk dance, but it has not yet been cleared by the principal. So could you recommend for us? Are these expressions correct? Almost OK, except that I would not capitalize "principal" and would put a definite article before it.

Hi, I fail to understand the following sentence. I will join the back to school week. I don't understand the meaning either. How does one join a week? I think the writer means 'I will join in (ie participate in) the activities that will be part of the back-to-school week'. Could you please...

Hi NewYou remind me of Inchoateknowledge! I agree with you with regard to what would be more logical. The fact is, unfortunately for us foreigners, that logic and English very often have nothing to do with each other. Some expressions just exist because native speakers use them. The definite...

Badge are available at a cost of 400 won. -- more polite to the customer than the; it suggests (untruthfully) that the price is not set in stone. I would like to have a large coke. -- one of any large cokes; this is normal use of the indefinite article, Believer. Come here and say a good-bye....

Magda wrote:Hi,could you tell whether my sentence requires the indefinite article?"This ring has great sentimental value for me."Thank you I prefer it without because it refers to value. Is of value is the normal expressions.

Some time ago, I saw a textbook for beginners - to my surprise, it said that you could use the definite articles in sentences like "What's on the TV?"To be honest, I've never used the article in this expression. E.g.:I saw the president on TV yesterday.You can see it on TV every Friday.What's on...

Except for most of beauty/courage, all your expressions are grammatically correct. However, as Nona the Brit said, you may have a hard time trying to find a situation in which to use some of them.Most cases of most of + a noun without an article are wrong. Normally, you cannot say most of gold,...

I'm not sure that "the" does anything! That is, it is simply a requirement in that expression. You are right that the indicates definiteness. Here it makes city definite; as a proper noun Toronto has no need to be made definite because it already is definite. The fact that "city" is a...

*You have to use indefinite article after "half" when that word precedes a countable noum. Richard ate half a watermelon. My old home is about half a mile from here. Half a dozen eggs and half a pound of butter, please. Cecily drank half a bottle of Scotch last night. *Before personal...