In Definite articles^x, Plurals^x, Articles^x

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...

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Hi, 'People' and 'beings' are plural, so they cannot go together with the indefinite article 'a'. ' A person ' or ' a human being ' would be grammatically fine.

The biggest error is that 51 will be followed by "st" instead of "th". You can tell because you would say it aloud "fifty-fir st ". Also, "50 pages" does not need an article (a/an, or the) because it is plural, so that is correct, however, "51st...

The biggest error is that 51 will be followed by "st" instead of "th". You can tell because you would say it aloud "fifty-fir st ". Also, "50 pages" does not need an article (a/an, or the) because it is plural, so that is correct, however, "51st...

I can see no reason why the definite article should be used with youths. We know nothing about these youths and the reference is to no specific group of youths. If we use the before youths, logically it should be used with any plural noun in similar contexts: The cars were parked illegally in...

Thank you, everyone. Can you tell me the reason behind the first two of the following non-English names (as all three seem to be since it is (looks to be?) a Korean place name written in alphabets based on how they sound) having the indefinite article "a"? If the nature of a Korean word...

Yes, you need the definite article before a superlative, whether the noun it modifies is singular or plural. the most beautiful girl/girls Top gun; top dog are fixed expressions when used without an article. Ultimate climber/climbers may be a fixed expression, but I haven't heard it....

Hi All, I am a little confused about the use of definite article "the" before plural nouns preceded by an adjective. Which of these sentences uses the correctly? Ram bought the movie tickets. To buy the movie tickets, Ram had to stand in the queue.

I am not sure if the following answers your question but I'll say it anyway. Some grammarians don't distinguish between verbal nouns (= complete nouns formed from verbs with the ing ending) and gerunds (= words that are neither verbs nor nouns but resemble both to some extent). Some...