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I have always heard in conversation - that must be him / her on the phone. Of course we say:He is on the phone now. Grammatically, "that must be him" it is not strictly correct, since the case of a pronoun after "be" is nominative. However, in this case (must be ***), we...

In older literature, the pronoun "one" or the indefinite article was used before a person's name when the character was first introduced to the reader. The setting usually was a conversation between two people talking about the third character. It's an old British literary...

"Volcano" is presumably the name or title of that player, so it is indicating that this is a name and not an exploding mountain. You would not put an article before it unless there are more than one players with the name/title (as was indicated further onin the passage above),

Thank you. You said: Usually when we introduce a common noun into a conversation for the first time we use the infinite article , then when we refer back to that item/person/etc. we use the definite . Does it apply to what seems to be a common noun used a game instruction section like as in...

Usually when we introduce a common noun into a conversation for the first time we use the indefinite article , then when we refer back to that item/person/etc. we use the definite . There was a man . The man was eating an apple . Although the apple appeared fresh it contained a worm . ...

. Hello Mathew, and welcome to English Forums. The 2 pronunciations of 'the ' are not grammar rules, but physical effects of the smooth flow of sounds between words-- they are more like laws of physics. Native speakers (lucky us!) do not have to affirm pronunciations-- we just talk...

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...

Interesting question. I DON'T HAVE ANY absolute answers, but I HAVE SOME comments. I also HAVE NO absolute answer. First, we can say "There isn't any/a", but we cannot say "There is no any/a". "Any/a" can be used with countable nouns, but we can't with...

Thank you. Would you say that having a descriptive?? adjective like the ones underlined below in front of this type of variable noun (I will leave up to you to think of those types of noun), it usually follows that an article, whether it be definite or indefinite, will be attached? Words:...

This is not a matter of "kitchen (or any other noun) must always take the article the ", or a matter of " kitchen (or any other noun) must always take the article a" . The articles are used in specific situations. Some situations require the indefinite article ( a or an ); some situations...