Here are my thoughts on abstract nouns. "Pain", "thought" and "feeling", and many more like them are intangible nouns which we can't really count as a unit, like apples or oranges. But we can certainly feel them

Hi again, English grammar books published in Japan explains: "This is the doll that he made yesterday," suggests that he made only one doll yesterday. Yes. It also suggests that the listener is already aware that a doll was made.

In #1, the article is necessary. "They are painting mural on the wall" is incorrect. In #2, the indefinite article is correct. More context is required to determine if the definite article would be more appropriate. Are we talking about

1. Do we put a comma before AS? usually we don't 2. Among his most renowned works of this genre, I should mention Waverly, Ivanhoe and Rob Roy. (comma?) have no idea if a comma is relevant here or not. i'd omit it :) 3. But Scott first

Avangi is right on. Most times when we say "There is", the subject is used with the indefinite article. There is a book on the table; there is a woman in the house. "The" is used only when the context indicates some definite