In Expressions^x, Determiners^x

Recall that * means ungrammatical. _____ one is always countable. *coarse sand and fine one; *white sugar and brown one; *fresh milk and spoiled one; *British English and American one; *good knowledge and bad one But (countable): a happy child and a sad one; happy children...

Hi, #7 It's illegal in my country to cross a street against the light. #8 It's illegal in my country to cross the street against the light. I well understand "A friend of mine was fined $95 dollars for crossing the street against the light. Here only one specific street would have...

Oops! I oversimplified. My remarks pertained to the use of next and the next when referring to time . Trains are different! Both of your examples require the next (train) . train is a countable, singular, concrete noun, so it has to have a determiner. This takes precedence over any other...

Hi, . . . friends, I feel there is more to the explanation of it. What are noun numbers t I'm no familiar with this expression. To me, it sounds like a way of talking about singular/plural. and determiners? Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner_(class ) Let me assure you...

There is no consensus on how to handle numerals. They are like determiners and like nouns. Some grammarians just use "numeral" as another part of speech, like "noun" or "verb". I offer this analysis, but there are surely others. fifty is a noun acting as a...

Good question. It points out some of the awkwardness, not to say fallacies, associated with some of our usual explanations of the grammatical machinery of English! It is true that it is difficult to find a noun phrase which can easily and smoothly replace meeting you in the example...

They are both somewhat unusual and somewhat contradictory. there (as an adverb of place) is associated with things that are at some distance from the speaker (in contrast to here ). this and these are associated with things that are near the speaker (in contrast to that and those ). ...

Your answer to the second question is about 200 words too long. Cut it down and bring it back here afterwards. Watch your spelling as well, as you have several silly errors, such as beak for break and Whiteman for Whitman. You need to be able to proof read your own writing and not rely on us to...

"Please go to next class" is incorrect; it should be "Please go to the next class" or "Please go to your next class." "I will see you next period" is an expression that works just like "I will see you tomorrow" or "I will see you next week". We usually use "next something " phrases without a...

Hi, I know some typical expressions involving the phrase "next something" do not need to have determiners in front of them but some expressions in the "next something" pattern confuse me somewhat? Do you have some guidelines or a list that can help me? I will see you next period. (Is this...