Greetings, Tina, Mister Micawber's answers are completely relevant, but let me make some additional remarks: 1. A time of prosperity and peace - is a noun phrase you analysed absolutely correctly. In general, noun phrases may have the

Peg: Noun: Economics . The level at which some price, exchange rate, etc., is set. Actually, how can we know whether it works as a noun or a verb ? Because it has an article for a start. The territory’s currency peg " Territory's

Hi, I'll give you my opinion. 1. a (0), b(0) 2. a (0), b(the) 3. a(0) 4. a(0) 1. Communication, learning and teaching can all be seen as abstract nouns which take no article if used in a general sense.

There are whole books on this subject, Anon. 95% of the uses of the definite article are at the front of a noun phrase to indicate that the noun is a specific one known to the speaker and/or listener, or that the noun has been mentioned previously

Hi, here's my explanation which is not necessarily correct 'Business class' as used here is an uncountable noun phrase (the noun class is normally countable) and is also used in the most general sense (shuns bussines class =

'Noun phrase' has nothing to do with article use, MG– it is a matter of whether the head noun is countable or uncountable. I guess she considers 'guidance' uncountable; unfortunately, 'country' is not.

MM, Thanks a lot. Your Q1 does not match what is in the sentence. Note that there was no article before the phrase '2009 production guidance' in the original sentence. Also there was no article before the phrase '

what might be called an indefinte expression? No. By indefinite expression I meant, in essence, an indefinite noun phrase. Thus, the following are indefinite expressions. They typically do not refer to any specific instance of anything: money a

I'd say the easiest way for you to grasp the idea would be to carefully reread MrP's posts and try to think this through on your own. However, if you are still unable to grasp the idea, then perhaps you'll need to do a good deal of

These should cover 99% of the uses: a & an : before noun phrases containing an unspecified or newly-mentioned noun; use a before a word beginning with a consonant sound and use an before a word beginning with a vowel sound. the : before noun