In Definite articles^x, Quotation marks^x

. I think the word "House Card" is capitalized, meaning it has a special meaning or treated as a proper noun.-- Yes, it is the name of a type of card; evidently (from the 'a') there are several of these cards in the game, and this is one of them.From what I learned, I think an...

Hi,I am not too sure why there has to be the article "a" in front of the word "House Card" in quotation marks.The instructor will give each person in the room a "House Card."This is supposed to be part of instructions to be given in playing a card game for an...

.-- I agree that there is often an option; nevertheless, in your sentence, a specific power source is implied-- i.e the power supplied at where 'they' are..

.Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?-- YesYou wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they are...

Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they are...

Thank you, Cool Breeze and Neeraj Jain.I think I wrote this sentence to ask a question on whether there is a need to attach an definite article and I think Mr. M said there is a need.What I am confused about is putting a pair of quotation marks around what looks to be a proper name. What is the...

"Volcano" is presumably the name or title of that player, so it is indicating that this is a name and not an exploding mountain. You would not put an article before it unless there are more than one players with the name/title (as was indicated further onin the passage above),

Hi,I think I have seen more than enough cases where what people call a verbal noun has the indefinite article 'a' in front of it and at the very least, the sheer number (should it be - sheer numbrs??) of it warrants some good explanations from experts in this forum. I think I can laid out...

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you could write: The mixing of sugar and flour makes this...

Hi, I saw in one of the responding posts this: I know a quoted content -- that is, one that is enclosed in quotation marks in this case -- enjoys freedom in terms of its ability to be countable and uncountable; << Yes but something like 'a "yumm"' posed a dilemma as to...