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Re: The

HMG — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:44:28 GMT

1) the is correct and yes it does refer to the icon of a specific programme (the little picture on the desktop to access a particular programme)
2) The sentence only makes sense with the use of the indefinite article an (icon)- used in front of a following vowel or mute 'h'

1) tells you that you can access a programme by clicking on the icon relating to that programme.
2) tells you that you can access a programme by clicking an icon - it is possible to access a programme by clicking on an icon, it doesn't specify which programme or which icon, whereas 1) does tell you to click on the icon of a programme you wish to access

Maybe someone else can explain 2) better. I understand what I'm saying but the receiver doesn't always!

Just to add to the confusion, it's possible to change the settings to a single click and not a double click.

Regards

HMG

PSieanne is quite correct that you can use 'its icon' but if you don't want/need to change the actual use of the definite article (the) then leave it as it is

PPS: maybe someone can explain the use of the spelling of 'program' and 'programme'

Re: I have bad punctuation skills:Please help me

LanguageLover — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 11:57:59 GMT

Hi Chintu, welcome to the Forums,

First of all, here is the wrong place for your post . Try to repost it to the writing section where it can get more attention from people who are interested in correcting others' writings. But here are a few hints: try to write your article using the Microsoft "word", the mistakes regarding the space after a comma, period, ... would be underlined along with spelling errors and some basic grammatical errors. You have to pay nore attention to punctuation, articles, word order, paragraph development, .... For example, your sentences are not bound with each other in the way that they should in a paragraph, they seem rather independant from each other.

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You need the indefinite article "a" before "successful", I don't think that you need a colon after "is" to introduce your subject of interest, you can type "website" in a bold, italic, a different font colour,or a bigger font to emphasise.

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Good luck with your writings. Don't lose your hope, you can easily overcome these problems by reading a good reference guide to writing, which you won't find it difficult to spot some on the net.

Cheers,

Re: I am or I an

learner — Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:56:32 GMT

Hi FishWish

The grammar rule for indefinite articles usage is:

We use A before a consonant-sound.
We use AN before a vowel-sound.
The difference depends on the sound of the vowels and consonants, not the spelling!

honest begins with an H, but it is not said, so "I am an honest man" is the correct answer.

university begins with U but it sounds like "Y", so it is said "a university"

hope it helps