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

He heard a fearful wailing of a dog, Fine, especially because of the adjectival attribute. Adjectives tend to enable the use of an indefinite article in many contexts. Examples: Birds were flying in the sky. Birds were flying in a blue sky. I

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

I am not sure if the following answers your question but I'll say it anyway. Some grammarians don't distinguish between verbal nouns (= complete nouns formed from verbs with the ing ending) and gerunds (= words that are neither verbs nor

Hi, I think native speakers go about making something like a gerund or content in parentheses with the thoughts in mind that a tactic of makig it a type or instance is possible. eg, discussion a discussion -- an instance of discussion, thus

stores and restaurants are seeing sharp decline in sales ... Just to clarify about the indefinite article: it's OK to say " stores and restaurants see sharp decline in sales " without the article when using the present tense; in fact

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you

Hi, I have a Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary and taking many looks of it these days, I came up with this query. Please answer if you could. Why is that some what look like gerunds have an indefinite article, like 'a',

Hi, What grammar part is this? It is nice seeing you here . A gerund. ou are really saying 'Seeing you here is nice'. Should I use the articles before these? I want/would like to invite you to a (no 'a'??) Christmas dinner . I