@Liveinjapan: We're really digressing from your original question, so you may want to ignore this. Hi Toms, These are some great examples! "One moment please" is correct as part of a dialog. It does not stand alone since it is a

"A sweat" is idiomatic and describes the physical condition of being sweaty. Example: I worked up a sweat in my morning exercise class. The use of an article before non-count nouns is idiomatic - sometimes we use it, and sometimes

Hi, I think when you put a word or phrase in quotes, it makes people notice the word or phrase in a special way (if I am not mistaken). Yes. eg In that village's dialect, a table is called a 'chair'. Then, when you put the

either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need to specify

either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need to specify

Hi Avangi, either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need

Good luck with the fundraising Here's a couple bacteriologists, containerboards, discourageable, rebroadcasting, ribonucleosides, ribonucleotides, subdistricting antiobscenities, bacteriologies, bacteriologist, biconditionals,

Hi, 1) Tom : There are many dialects in the Chinese language such as Cantonese and Hokkinese. Why the is needed before Chinese language? (It is just the first time we mention it.) because there are many languages and we are specifying the

Yet, how can you say that "There are a lot of people" is correct? The noun phrase (a lot - singular) and the verb (are - plural) are at odds with each other. One does not use a singular article ("a") if it is meant to be plural, correct? The fact

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