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In (1) through (3) the noun remains singular. In (4), we omit both a noun and an article. It seems to be difficult to mentally supply both, and this has the effect of turning 'first and second' into a plural modifier. The phrase is then analogous to 'the two boys'. The...

Hi, I need help with this grammar point. I was preparing myself for an English Grammar test, the material I'm studying to prepare for the test says that there are 7 words, namely 3 articles (a, an, the) and 4 possessive pronouns (my, our, your, their), are always "adjectives"....

Hi CB, thanks so much for your reply(i was the one who asked about the differences between verbal nouns and gerunds). i agree that there seems to be discrepancies between one grammarians usage and another's. I certainly like your definition of gerunds, in so far as they are unable to take the...

hi, i've been struggling with coming to grips with the differences between verbal nouns and gerunds. e.g. John's singing the national anthem bothered me. or John's singing of the national anthem bothered me. which is correct, and in the second case is 'singing' a gerund or...

Example Sentence : I want a mango, pineapple, and strawberry. I believe in the above sentence article a is associated with all the nouns, mango , pineapple , and strawberry. And same is the case with your sentence where article the only comes before dog but it is associated with both dog and...

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Hi, In the book named "Longman English Grammar" by L. G. Alexander in the section 8 named "Prepositions, Adverb particles, and Phrasal verbs," I saw this sentence. What does 'case' mean to you? English uses more prepositions than most other European languages,...

Hi there, Some nouns in English, uncountable under normal circumstances, take the indefinite article when qualified by the adjective or adverbial phrase. How do I tell if a noun should take the indefinite article or not? Examples: When I got back home, I took a short nap to make up for the...

Believer wrote: Are they conguent in that we can follow both of them to decide whether to put the article the in front the name of a river like "Seegang" river? I am assuming the word "Seegang" is a name of a person or a place. Isn't there a conflict of understanding as what to follow when...

Hi Muttley Unfortunately there are a myriad cases involving proper nouns with adjectival attributes and the indefinite article. You'll just have to learn them piecemeal. As you said in your first post, a/an is often used with a person's name: We met a sad George yesterday. The indefinite...