By Possessives, Definite articles

Only a couple: 1. On yesterday's morning - 'Yesterday' doesn't take the possessive form when used with 'morning'; you can say 'yesterday's news' or 'yesterday's newspapers' for example, but here you would say 'Yesterday morning' (and...

The word laugh is either a noun or a verb, never an adjective or adverb. If it follows a possessive pronoun (which could be substituted with the definite article) it must be a noun. Words with the "ly" suffix are adverbial.

Hi, I think my problem lies with the fact that as it seems, proper names like IBM that can be pronounced I, B, and M separately in their individual letters usually have the definite article 'the' in front of them when used in normal sententical context, <<<< What gives you this idea?...

Thank you, Clive. I think my problem lies with the fact that as it seems, proper names like IBM that can be pronounced I, B, and M separately in their individual letters usually have the definite article 'the' in front of them when used in normal sententical context, but when used as a...

Hi, 1. I thought the names of newspaper and magazines normally, if not always, have the definite article 'the' in front of them but I didn't see it for these. Why is that? Offhand, I'd say that may be true of newspapers, but not of magazines. eg We speak of the magazines Life and Time and...

Hi, 1. Can we ever put the definite article 'the' in front of the word 'both'? Like here. The both of the children are doing well physically. The both kids I mentioned previously are doing very well, much better than expected. 2. Can I put the definite article in front of those possessives...

Hi, 1. I thought the names of newspaper and magazines normally, if not always, have the definite article 'the' in front of them but I didn't see it for these. Why is that? Participating in the events were Pelle Tornberg, president and CEO of Metro International, and Shinichi Hakoshima,...

«You'll never reach a native speaker level.» — I think it would be OK if you replaced "a" with "the"... «For Stephen King's creature, see It» — IMHO it is also good, but for such an encyclopedia entry, the adjective usage seems better because it allows for the definite...

LOL, GG, and that seems simple to you? Grammar Geek wrote:Anyway, you need to let logic (is there logic in English?), the requirement to avoid ambiguity (is English not ambiguous?), the desire to avoid sounding silly (how do I know what sounds silly?), and lastly, what genuinely sounds right...

Hi, When you say 'the doctor's office', I think it would refer to a specific doctor's office, but how about this? the Doctor's Office -- Now, it is clear that we are dealing with a proper noun, that is 'Doctor's Office' and it would most likely to be considered as 'Doctor's' acting as an...