Dear Friends, I wonder if I need the indefinite article in the following: This language school attracts people with the promise of a high exam pass rate. ? Thank you. Palinkasocsi

Hi, why do the following titles contain the definite article and not the indefinite article: Gunship: The Helicopter Simulation (name of a computer game) Bridge: The English Magazine for Students (name of a magazine) The above are real life examples.

Hi, why do the following titles contain the definite article and not the indefinite article: Gunship: The Helicopter Simulation (name of a computer game) Bridge: The English Magazine for Students (name of a magazine) The above are real life

Actually, we are conditioned to believe that the indefinite article "a, an" is used to talk about a general situation and people are in a muddle when someone uses it for a specific condition. First, we should understand that language is

However, what you have made a mistake with in my humble opinion is that the indefinite article isn't used with uncountable nouns. Uncountable nouns ARE used with the indefinite article when the abstarct noun denotes a certain kind of quality,

I've noticed that the indefinite article "a" is often pronounced "ay" in speeches and on radio and TV. What's that about? Svatopluk Svatopluk, I don't think your post was clear enough to be sure of what you wanted

It's not good; and they forgot the indefinite articles, too, which is always a sign of poor English. It's a sign of poor English on hearing someone say he went to university, or talks about being in hospital? If so, it's a damn good

Like in "firm ABCD outsourced American programmer for Indian programmer". Thank you. It's not good; and they forgot the indefinite articles, too, which is always a sign of poor English. It's a sign of poor English on hearing

We'd manage perfectly well without it, as long as we ... possible for too many expressions to change meaning too quickly. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress , by Robert A. Heinlein, is written in a dialect of English he imagines to be spoken on the

We'd manage perfectly well without it, as long as we *all* stopped using it and reached a consensus about what ... course, why so many people round here worry that it's possible for too many expressions to change meaning too quickly. The