In Predicates^x, Indefinite articles^x, Nouns^x

Congratulations on your hard work. - A.Edit. "Why is the article "the" essential here?"

Actually, I think I have already said what I had to say in my response to your post about the cats and alligators. But I'll go over some of your concerns:I think I saw from a post here that kind of said that many times, having "descriptive adjectives" in front of UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS trigger the...

I think your problem in getting a response has been due to the conflation of two different questions: 1) Should I use the English indefinite article in this context? and 2) Is it possible to "be gay for" someone rather than just in general? 1) For the first question, the answer is easy. Skip...

Hello MrP Thank you for your compliment. But I need some literature material to prove my supposition. By the way, don't you think English is extraordinary among European languages in that they put an indefinite article even to predicate nouns? (English) He is a student. (German) Er ist...

Here's the long version: I've thought about this question a lot, and I think now I've arrived at a conclusion. The meanings of the sentences don't change too much without the 'a +noun'. They're also still grammatically correct: "It was so hot that we went out" still works as a sentence. ...

AT JOHN 1:1 the King James Version reads: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Trinitarians claim that this means that "the Word" (Greek, ho lo'gos) who came to earth as Jesus Christ was Almighty God himself. Someone who is "with" another person...