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Thanks Huevos for you enlightment. But could we, just for the sake of arguement, allow me to examine the merit of this grammar point: It says: There are 7 words that are "always" adjectives: articles "a", "an" and "the" and possessive pronouns...

You'll have to wait for RayH's explanation for his preferences. He heard a fearful wailing of a dog is fine grammatically but it does suggest that you may hear different kinds of wailings of a dog and therefore the sentence may sound odd to some. The plural dogs simply indicates that...

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...

I'll try to give some information on this as a non-professional.This is how it looks like in the serbian language,and I suppose,it is very similar in all other slavic languages and also the latin language. For indicating a location the locative case of a noun is used.If the english language...

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Hi Believer, After reading through the thread again I feel the following remark by CJ is the key to your original issue: Using those singular nouns without articles conceptualizes them as abstract ideas. I believe it also unlocks your enigmatic question: Is there any guideline to...

Hi Cool Breeze and everyone, First, I would like to disclaim my ability to read Mr. Steinback’s mind. Second, beauty is in the eye of the beholder; thus, whatever I share below is just a pure figment of my imagination. When I first read the passage, the personification...

Hi, I understand Espeland's question regarding the phrase ' of a hot day ' that specifically restricts the meaning of Evening since there is only one evening in a day; thus, The must be provided such as " The Evening of a Day of Walking" in Les Miserables - by Victor Hugo. In fact, I...

WANG CHUN wrote: Hello I am not sure if this sentence is right or not in terms of its grammar, word choice, and semantics. If you find something wrong, please help me edit them. Thank you very much. What sub-role can teachers play in teacher-student interaction in order to...

Yoong Liat wrote: Hi Hoa Thai From a webpage of Cambridge University International Education and Training Society, http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/iets/ " ... Summarise general situations and common difficulties for students in graduate, undergraduate, A-Levels and GCSE courses, and provide...