By Plurals, Definite articles

Re: Questions on sentences in article

When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively and creative Christian work in the present world--not, as some suppose, for an escapist or quietist piety. Here, the word 'piety' seems to be uncountable, yet seems that the...

Questions on sentences in article

Hi, I gotthe following sentences from the ChristianToday magazne, a magazine of evangelical conviction, by N.T. Wright on March 25, 2008, and hope you would answer some questions on them. When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively...

Re: Usage of article "an" before the word argument in the below sentence

No, you can't use an indefinite article with a word that is plural. The word arguments is plural and refers to various individual arguments.

Re: Kindly explain!!!

Hi, 1. Kindly tell if any grammar errors in the following: Oritel East & Oritel West are one of the finest hotels in Mumbai. (or at Mumbai) Oritel East and Oritel West are two of the finest hotels in Mumbai. Oritel East & Oritel West are the finest hotels in Mumbai. Oritel East and...

Re: Subject-Verb Agreement: Have been vs. has been

Marius Hancu wrote:Seven years -> have but you'll see both. However: It's going to be the best Christmas ever because this year I have done everything myself and the horrible atmosphere of the last seven years has lifted. I agree with Marius. In English the grammatical number...

mass noun and count noun

mass nouna noun (as sand or water) that characteristically denotes in many languages a homogeneous substance or a concept without subdivisions and that in English is preceded in indefinite singular constructions by some rather than a or an1: What is an indefinite singular construction?2: What...

Re: Again on the definite article 2

Not really more definite, as the nouns are defined by the same post-modification (of some animals, I make) in all cases. It is rather that the definite article is usually optional for the plural noun that is otherwise defined in context.

Re: Plural or not?

I will go for the first one because of the presence of the definite article "a".

Re: Singular & plural words

Anonymous wrote: Anonymous wrote: what is the plural word for THE?? some singular nouns that stand plural nouns too Many thank TeresaPieanne has already replied as follows earlier. "The" is the definite article, and has the same form in the plural: The boy, the boys / the girl, the girls...

Re: genitive as a noun

Thank you, Eimai_Anglos. Are you saying a genitive cannot be made a countable noun or used as a countable noun? I think a guru has delivered expert advice on that aspect of grammar and I think it has been said a construction like "a shaking of a ground" means "an instance of shaking of a...