. I think the word "House Card" is capitalized, meaning it has a special meaning or treated as a proper noun.-- Yes, it is the name of a type of card; evidently (from the 'a') there are several of these cards in the game, and

Hi, I am not too sure why there has to be the article "a" in front of the word "House Card" in quotation marks. The instructor will give each person in the room a "House Card." This is supposed to be part of

Thank you. You said: Usually when we introduce a common noun into a conversation for the first time we use the indefinite article , then when we refer back to that item/person/etc. we use the definite . Does it apply to what seems to be a common

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

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 saw in one of the responding posts this: I know a quoted content -- that is, one that is enclosed in quotation marks in this case -- enjoys freedom in terms of its ability to be countable and uncountable; << Yes but something

Hi, I saw in one of the responding posts this: I know a quoted content -- that is, one that is enclosed in quotation marks in this case -- enjoys freedom in terms of its ability to be countable and uncountable; but something like 'a

Thank you, Avangi (and CalifJim). That was a fine assortment of answers. My many thanks to you. I think it is CalifJim who said in a past post that you can treat what is in quotation marks as a noun, and based on that, I think I can go on to

Hi, I have difficulty trying to clearly understand the logic (or rules??) behing the use of the indefinite article for a content in quotation marks. Please help. GG wrote: Do you understand the use of the progressive? I went to the

1-- Capitalize; if the quotation is set off syntactically from the matrix text by a comma, semicolon, or colon, the first word is capitalized, irrespective of its status in the original text. 2-- Mormons ; no apostrophe 3-- Capitalize as in