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Haha, you gave me a funny picture in my head. If you told Paul to wash a weary face, he would probably be looking around for someone else's weary face to wash because you can't tell him to wash his own face that way; a tells the listener that we are being generic. If you wanted him to...

and so forth. They are not adjectives , because they can be substituted for and cannot co-occur with another determiner such as an article or a demonstrative. So the answer to your question: "So would you say this particular grammar point is widely accepted by native-speakers and/or...

Whether or not people choose to accept it is irrelevant, it's a fact. Have a look at this: smooth coat chihuahua domesticated dog canis caninae canidae carnivora mammal chordata animal Now when you see a chihuahua ask the owner if it is a " chordata ". Most would say no,...

1. Why it’s not good using "Gently landing" I mean gently is adverb of verb landing? There is no problem with "gently landing" itself. As you rightly say, "gently" is an adverb qualifying "landing". The issue is whether, in the sentence you wrote, the...

Hello Branwen319, welcome to English Forums! (Are there really 318 other Branwens here?) No comma is needed; "your" is a possessive pronoun, and "no" is an indefinite determiner (i.e. they're not adjectives). Two or more qualitative adjectives may be separated by a comma,...

This is not about grammar. Your grammar/structure is OK, but the understanding is poor. You need to read more English books and watch English movies , and focus more on flow and less on grammar. You seem to be just learning rules and less flow. ------------ 1. the relation between the way ...

Hey there! Your example sentence is very good, and the article is in exactly the right place. Articles can also be referred to as 'determiners,' since they determine specifically which object (noun) is being talked about. For example, when talking about a boy riding his bicycle, using...

Grammar Geek, You are right, voyage is a countable noun so requires a determiner. Also, I am sorry for the typo "dengerous". Best Regards, Sabya

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

Categories or Parts of Speech he - pronoun he - noun phrase (NP)* is - verb a - article nice - adjective person - noun a nice person - noun phrase (NP)* is a nice person - verb phrase (VP)* *These designations come from a system of analysis called 'transformational...