In Definite articles^x, Nouns^x, Determiners^x

a professional background this phrase is NP "a" is indefinite article function as determiner "professional" is an adjective. "background" is the head noun of the NP. Is this right?

3a) A cat ate the small animal. 3b) A cat is a small animal. The syntactic analyses of the two sentences are differents. In the sentence 3a) we have (s, v, do) while, in the second sentence 3b) we have (s, v (copular), sP). In 3a) “a cat “is noun phrase (a is determiner...

1a) We painted the red door. 1b) We painted the door red. 1a) We painted the red door. "We" is NP consists of the head noun "we" which is pronoun functioning as subject. Painted is VP consisted of the head verb "painted" and it is past simple...

Thank you. If I take out the possessive part of the name "***'s" and have the generic word/noun "restaurant" in small letter intact, then should I put the definite article "the" or indefinite article "a" in front of it? Where is the/a?? Chinese Take-Out...

I answered this question i just need someone check my answer and tell me if there a mistake and what is the correction of it. What types of phrase have been underlined? Analyse the phrases and give information about what elements they contain and what sort of words they consist of. ...

You could try color-coding your answers this way, for example: (1) the verbs ; (2) the nouns ; (3) the adjectives ; (4) the adverbs ; (5) the prepositions ; and (6) the conjunctions The usage of the word 'the' in your sentences would normally be referred to as definite article or determiner .

Hi again, Here are a few comments on your posts. I saw the following entry in one of the ESL websites regarding the use of articles. "The" is required when the noun it refers to represents something in the abstract: This "rule" sounds very odd to me. Do you mean a noun like, for...

Walking as if each step were painful 1 , she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle 2 . 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... It is reduced clause(While/As she was walking...) ...

Right or wrong? “For a moment 1 , I even thought 2 that this was some sort of test 3 and that this woman was someone from the head office 4 , testing my loyalty 5 .” 1: Prepositional phrase used adverbially. 2: Main clause 3: Dependant clause 4: Dependant clause 5:...

Thanks Philip. How about the next one: Walking as if each step were painful 1 , she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle 2 . 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause......