By Indefinite articles, Clauses

Aha! This one is a little difficult. Absent earlier context setting the present time, "earlier in the evening" does two things. It establishes that the present time is this evening. And it establishes that Chavez picked the thing up at some time earlier this evening.Well, I guess...

Thanks, Avangi.Now I get it. YOur explanation makes perfect sense to me.BTW, what do you mean by the question I bolded? I can't answer it when I don't get it.

IMHO to use the indefinite article - replace it with "some" - (or none) would imply that it might not be there, in contrast to your opening clause. Of course "It is there to dig" may mean "That's where one should dig." (It does have kind of an...

You would usually have an accompanying clause that indicates when something else happened.You would usually have a when-something-else-happened clause that goes with it.Very informal.It's not restricted to the indefinite article. CJ

Hi AwenceThe sentence is less than perfect to me as well. It begins with a subordinate clause introduced with a causal for and the next clause begins with and, a coordinating conjunction. After these comes yet another subordinate clause, a relative clause introduced by whose. There is no main...

I think there are a couple way to look at this. One is the use of the word 'thereof' and what it means. It is defined as such: thereof -adverb: of or concerning this, that or itWhen the word 'thereof' is used it gets its meaning entirely from the word to which it refers. So...

Hi BelieverDon't look for logic with regard to articles in English. Adjectival attributes very often bring on an indefinite article:A new culture was born.A relative clause may do the same:We need a culture that is totally different from what we have now.When an adjectival attribute refers to a...

Here's what I would say:We are going to stay in/at a nice hotel, just like famous actors.I wouldn't use the same as here at all. I might say: We stayed at the same hotel as famous actors. You have an indefinite article in the main clause, though.I am interested in learning foreign languages and...

Right or wrong?“For a moment1, I even thought2 that this was some sort of test3 and that this woman was someone from the head office4, testing my loyalty5.” 1: Prepositional phrase used adverbially. 2: Main clause 3: Dependant clause 4: Dependant clause 5: Participial...

«I have a sentence that seems to be followed with a restrictive clause...» It is descriptive. If it was singular, indefinite article would be used: «I have an apple that has not been sprayed with insectside.»