By Plurals, Indefinite articles

I am not sure if the following answers your question but I'll say it anyway. Some grammarians don't distinguish between verbal nouns (= complete nouns formed from verbs with the ing ending) and gerunds (= words that are neither verbs nor nouns but resemble both to some extent). Some...

First, let me call your attention to CB's correction. "Very" is an adverb, not an adjective, and it probably always was. "Most" is an adjective when it modifies a noun (Most people can swim.), but in the two quite different usages we've been talking about here,...

You have almost found the answer. 'Risotto' is singular and 'tortellini' plural. The indefinite article is not used before a plural noun. "A type of noodles" sounds ok. "Type" is singular and should be preceeded with an article. Anton

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...