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Hi,I woke up in cold sweat and sat straight up in our bed, and touched the side of my face. It had all been a dream or a nightmare. Moonbeams filtered through our curtains casting a soft light in the room. My husband lay on his side, snoring blissfully, unaware of my trouble dream. I snuggled...

1. It may be unwise to say that something can be done to all proper nouns in English because there seem to be so many exceptions to every rule. However, using a and the with proper nouns in certain contexts is normal. The of-genitive - or of structure - or whatever you prefer to call it often...

Hi Barbara,I believe you meant to say foods. Right?I was wrong then. Now it's obvious to me that washroom was used as a countable noun.Can you do me two favors, please? First, please check the below Analysis for any mistakes. Second, please check my second post on the following...

Apple can either be countable or uncountable noun.Analysis:Jack: What did you eat?Jane: I ate an apple.Jane used apple as a countable noun. Jane would not say the apple because there was no need to restrict appleJack: Where did you get it from?Jane: I ate the apple that was on the table.Jane...

Sorry, my mistake. Thanks for the correction. three washrooms is still a countable noun, then why isn't any article used with it?

.Again, this is a countable noun, but either the singular or the plural is possible, depending in how many increases the GST had-- one increase or several increases..

Hi, Here's another quotation of Paracelsus, in which I am troubled by the definite article before "sperma". I certainly wouldn't use it, so can somebody explain why it is needed here? "If the sperma, enclosed in a hermetically sealed glass, is buried in horse manure for...

What does this "seem the realized" part mean? Either I don't understand it or you have made a mistake ;)

Well, I don't know what you don't know. So show me what it is.

1.     A group IS ...  (Not important who is in the group). A group is a singular, countable noun.3.    Both wrong.     She went home half an hour ago. Given, finished time requires simple past UNLESS it relates to another action in the past. e.g. She had gone home before the others...