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

Could you please explain to me why you didn´t correct the indefinite article before the word kids (second paragraph, first line)? You are right the 'a' before 'kids' should not be there. I missed out. Thank you. The original

Hi 26TMNTJG2PG, Could you please explain to me why you didn´t correct the indefinite article before the word kids (second paragraph, first line)? I would also write serious ly , instead of the word "serious" you used (the latter is only

«A» anyway: «This certain cell contains a cat and a few mice.» (© Nona) What about this one: «Every (or this) paragraph contains the first and the last sentences.»

Thank you Nona and Jim. The thrust?? of my inquiry lies with the article usage with such terms as "beginning" and "ending." Whenever I see a word preceded with such a term, instinctively I try to put the article "the" unless my close scrutiny

When introducing the contents of something, the parts of something, or listing the components of something for the first time, we use the indefinite. That's because we are not referring back to each particular element of the list as a

Could it help a little to read it this way? This essay, just like many other short literary compositions, contains a beginning paragraph, a middle paragraph and an ending paragraph.

This is all very well, but begining paragraphs there are many. The begining paragraph of each law in the civil code.

Look at the sentence below please and tell me why the writer of this sentence made what looks to be a choice to modify the nouns with an indefinite article. This essay contain a beginning paragraph, a middle paragraph and an ending paragraph.

Hi Chintu, welcome to the Forums, First of all, here is the wrong place for your post . Try to repost it to the writing section where it can get more attention from people who are interested in correcting others' writings. But here are a few