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Person A: Did you hear about Tom? He was killed crossing the street. Person B: My god, that's terrible. The focus above is wholely on Tom's death. Person A: Did you hear about Tom? He was killed crossing a street. Person B: My god, that's terrible. Which street? The focus above is,...

Hi, What's the difference between #9 and #10? #9 a street (I think a street always means any street .) Not always. See below. #10 the street that means any street , not the specific street So I think both means any street , in a simple or short expression. But I think their nuances...

It depends what you mean. If you want to say that a particular flower is indiginous to a certain country, you would not use that expression. We usually use "national flower" or "state flower" in a way similar to "state bird." The bald eagle is our national bird in...

In this case the definite article doesn't refer to a definite theater , but a definite activity. It's like "I went to the barber/store/movies/circus/ballgame/dentist/cinema/etc. In my opinion, if you said "I went to a theater/dentist/cinema/etc, the meaning would be...

Yes, you need the definite article before a superlative, whether the noun it modifies is singular or plural. the most beautiful girl/girls Top gun; top dog are fixed expressions when used without an article. Ultimate climber/climbers may be a fixed expression, but I haven't heard it....

Good advice for beginners using "existential there ". You've got four combinations to disentangle here. "existential there " means there exists -- such-and-such "has existence". "locative there " means in that location -- at that place . The two...

I think there are a couple way to look at this. One is the use of the word 'thereof' and what it means. It is defined as such: thereof -adverb: of or concerning this, that or it When the word 'thereof' is used it gets its meaning entirely from the word to which it...

User_gary wrote: Teacher, we want to get up a small group for a folk dance, but it has not yet been cleared by the principal . So could you recommend for us? Are these expressions correct? Almost OK, except that I would not capitalize "principal" and would put a definite article before...

Hi, I fail to understand the following sentence. I will join the back to school week. I don't understand the meaning either. How does one join a week? I think the writer means 'I will join in (ie participate in) the activities that will be part of the back-to-school week'. Could you...

Hi New You remind me of Inchoateknowledge! I agree with you with regard to what would be more logical. The fact is, unfortunately for us foreigners, that logic and English very often have nothing to do with each other. Some expressions just exist because native speakers use them. The definite...