http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aDeterminers+tag%3aQuotation+marks&tag=Determiners,Quotation+marks&orTags=0Search results for 'tag:Determiners tag:Quotation marks' matching tags 'Determiners' and 'Quotation marks'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/InQuotationMarks/zqmkq/post.htm#499867Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:09:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:499867Clive<p>Hi,</p> <p><font color="#0000ff">Should I treat what is in a pair of quotation marks just like an adjective without any difference in terms of whether to place an article or not? </font><font color="#000000">Yes.</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff">I feel like you have to have an article, &#39;a&#39; or &#39;the&#39; or &#39;an&#39;, before a quoted content acting as an adjective for a singular noun. </font><font color="#000000">With a singular countable noun, yes, you need some kind of determiner.</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff">... reveals an aspect of &#39;pali-pali&#39; Korean culture. </font><font color="#000000">This is fine.</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff">--&nbsp;The&nbsp;&#39;culture&#39; is an uncountable, I think.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font color="#000000">Yes.</font></p> <p>Best wishes, Clive</p>