By Hyphens, Definite articles

Hi,Please tell me why no article is needed here. You need an article.we will meet on the second Saturday night ( from my birthday ).I think we usually place the definite article 'the' before situations like this.He is the second-tallest person I have ever met. This is fine (but use a...

Yes. Many would prefer a hyphen: a half-hour, probably because the indefinite article is normally after half: half an hour.CB

Hi,I think I have seen more than enough cases where what people call a verbal noun has the indefinite article 'a' in front of it and at the very least, the sheer number (should it be - sheer numbrs??) of it warrants some good explanations from experts in this forum. I think I can laid out...

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 please...

I agree with pieanne on the hyphen. The possessive in the second one is awfully strange to me. Where did you come across (not 'come over') that? As for omitting the indefinite article: offer an example where you think it might be unnecessary.