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I was just interested to know if it is possible to use common fixed expressions like by bus in a different way by saying something more like by local bus . But as I have understood it is not possible to break these fixed expressions and you can only say, for example, by bus , but not by local...

Yes, you need the definite article before a superlative, whether the noun it modifies is singular or plural. the most beautiful girl/girls Top gun; top dog are fixed expressions when used without an article. Ultimate climber/climbers may be a fixed expression, but I haven't heard it....

I think the difference in meaning that they're highlighting relates to the words "immediately following", which means "immediately following in time, starting now". Here are a few points relating to this usage that immediately come to mind. I don't claim that this...

I think you mean the sentence Never listen to fear, right? Listen is an imperative and no inflection is ever used in English imperatives. Imperatives like this look like infinitives, which should make it easy for you to learn English. Except for certain fixed phrases and idiomatic expressions,...

Hi, I think I asked this a long time ago and Nona answered something like this. a majority of discussion -- (to indicate) specific the majority of discussion -- (to indicate) conceptual Can you tell me about these more? Off-hand, I just see these as indefinite and definite (a chair/the chair, a...

I know that this repeats much of what was said above by others, but with complex topics sometimes just reading the same information with many different phrasings helps a little. I bought it at Target. Here Target refers to the entire company, regardless of which particular store the purchase...

1) The committee changed its recommendations because__ the privous ones were too difficult for most people to follow a) that felt that b) it felt that --> The answer is a but I don't understand why it's not the other The correct answer is b , so there is a mistake in the...

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Hi Jackson, 1: We say, "I'm learning English; I'm studying the English language." You could say, "This is an English Language Dictionary," but you'd say, "This is a dictionary of the English language. Are you gonna make me tell you why? I hope not! And yes, your example is incorrect with no...

Hi Teleostomi I suggest you forget all about Google. Since there are millions of German people, Australian people etc., you don't need the article when you refer to them all in a general sense: German people are said to be hard-working. (I would prefer: German s are said... ) If the reference is...