By Definite articles, Grammar

Thanks!I belive "the" is used in phrases like "You are the victim of..." for exactly the same reason... That's interesting, I have never seen this mentioned in a grammar book."This is a review of a great book""This is the procuct of a bright mind"--...

The swimmers - if we know which swimmers it refers toSwimmers - applies to all swimmers who wear the swimsuit.This new swimsuit gives the swimmer an unfair advantage - this applies to all swimmers who wear the swimsuit.

We didn't refer to this words alone. It were noun phrases buit therewith that we called definite or indefinite. And since nouns can be (in)definte, that's all right.

I thought when we speak of definite or indefinite, we talk about the definite and indefinite articles, the, an,a my other book is definite another book of mine is indefinite I can stretch definition of definite-indefinite to cover the above. Anotehr book of mine can be any book of all the books...

N2G, I know you are very eager to learn and I am happy that I can offer to you what I know. But there are times I don'tt know how to explain it to you. In that statement I made, I just know I was making a general statement. I just know it sounded right to my ears. I can only tell you this:A...

Just to clarify about the indefinite article: it's OK to say "stores and restaurants see sharp decline in sales" without the article when using the present tense; in fact it has the ring of a newspaper headline. On the other hand when using the gerund not using the article in this...

Hi, It depends on the context, but I think that in most cases you'd use #1. Your grammar is also a little awkward. The definite article suggests that you are talking about a specific policeman. The present tense suggests that you are describing his habits/routine. That all seems like...

You can use the with a name, thus:The 21-year-old Lohan took ... = Lohan, who is a 21-year-old, took ... The ingenious Mr. Blackstone also invented ... = Mr. Blackstone, who is ingenious, also invented ...The ubiquitous Miss Gossip has written ... = Miss Gossip, who is ubiquitous, has written...

Hi, Do you think the follwing definite articles are placed due to the fact that the situations (or context) make it definte (or clear) and that's the reason why the articles are placed? Good enough reason? I saw this on online grammar exercise that quoted permission from Mother Jones...

Wrong or right answers form two different answer types/classes. Clearly, we should use the definite article whenever we bear one of those classes in mind in contrast to a particular answer.But what about "wrong/right choice" ? Does my reasoning about types/classes make any sense?I'm...