In Definite articles^x, Possessives^x, Articles^x

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...

"why was late reply" is not a sentence. It has no meaning. In English a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark (. ; : ? !) In addition, you seem to have omitted a definite or indefinite article or a possessive pronoun and mixed up the word order. ...

Only a couple: 1. On yesterday 's morning - 'Yesterday' doesn't take the possessive form when used with 'morning'; you can say 'yesterday's news' or 'yesterday's newspapers' for example, but here you would say 'Yesterday morning' (and...

The word laugh is either a noun or a verb, never an adjective or adverb. If it follows a possessive pronoun (which could be substituted with the definite article) it must be a noun. Words with the "ly" suffix are adverbial.

Hi, I think my problem lies with the fact that as it seems, proper names like IBM that can be pronounced I, B, and M separately in their individual letters usually have the definite article 'the' in front of them when used in normal sententical context, <<<< What gives you this...

Thank you, Clive. I think my problem lies with the fact that as it seems, proper names like IBM that can be pronounced I, B, and M separately in their individual letters usually have the definite article 'the' in front of them when used in normal sententical context, but when used as a...

Hi, 1. I thought the names of newspaper and magazines normally, if not always, have the definite article 'the' in front of them but I didn't see it for these. Why is that? Offhand, I'd say that may be true of newspapers, but not of magazines. eg We speak of the magazines Life and Time and...

Hi, 1. Can we ever put the definite article 'the' in front of the word 'both'? Like here. The both of the children are doing well physically. The both kids I mentioned previously are doing very well, much better than expected. 2. Can I put the definite article in front of those...

Hi, 1. I thought the names of newspaper and magazines normally, if not always, have the definite article 'the' in front of them but I didn't see it for these. Why is that? Participating in the events were Pelle Tornberg, president and CEO of Metro International , and Shinichi Hakoshima,...

«You'll never reach a native speaker level.» — I think it would be OK if you replaced "a" with "the"... «For Stephen King's creature, see It» — IMHO it is also good, but for such an encyclopedia entry, the adjective usage seems better because it allows for the definite...