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place aricle here?

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:55:54 GMT

Hi,
Please tell me if the article 'the' is needed. I think the word 'system' is a contable noun. If I have what looks to be a foreign word,do I need to follow the normal grammar conventions? Should I italicize or put the word in a pair of quotation marks?

Ondol is a Korean heating system and I would like to use (the??) Ondol on the floor in my room.

Re: article or no article and why

Clive — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:11:05 GMT

Hi,

Please tell me if the article is needed. Please tell me the reason for your decision if possible. I think you can look this in two ways: one is, a quoted content, ie, one in quotation marks, sort of an countable noun and treat as such and the other is a word in quotes to denote an unusal use of the phrase "Big-button Phone." -- but then, capital letters seem to make it a proper noun.

Is looking this in two ways as shown above a wrong way to approach this? What went wrong if it is wrong? Confused.

To help those who can't see well, we have designed a "Big-button Phone."

If it's just an unusual use of the phrase, don't use capitals.
To help those who can't see well, we have designed a "big-button phone."
However, this doesn't seem to me like a very unusual use, so why not just omit the quotation marks?
To help those who can't see well, we have designed a big-button phone. (or just say a phone with big buttons.)

If it's a proper name, eg of a product, say
To help those who can't see well, we have designed the "Big-button Phone."

Best wishes, Clive

article or no article and why

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:31:26 GMT

Hi,
Please tell me if the article is needed. Please tell me the reason for your decision if possible. I think you can look this in two ways: one is, a quoted content, ie, one in quotation marks, sort of an countable noun and treat as such and the other is a word in quotes to denote an unusal use of the phrase "Big-button Phone." -- but then, capital letters seem to make it a proper noun.

Is looking this in two ways as shown above a wrong way to approach this? What went wrong if it is wrong? Confused.

To help those who can't see well, we have designed a "Big-button Phone."

Re: "all-hyphenated" noun

Clive — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:58:17 GMT

Hi,

How would you justify the use of hyphens to denote what seems to be a noun? I wouldn't try to justify it. At best, it's extremely casual, and at worst it's just lazy and unstructured English.

I think this string of words can be thought as a big noun made of little parts.

Could it be in quotations without hyphens and would it make a difference or no difference? It would make it more acceptable and common.

I think a problem might result if put quotation marks around it is that "way" is a noun.Why do you think that? What problem?

Then again, putting quotation marks makes it kind of an uncountable noun and I think we don't need to think about articles unless we are thinking of making it a type or an instance of it.

I think certain words like "am" or "so" are not hyphenated when used as part of a hyphenated noun or a hyphenated adjective. Why is that? I'm not sure what you mean. Can you give some sentences that include the kind of thing you are talking about?

... can dodge the big issue by settling into the cocoon of just-living-my-life-and-doing-what-I-can-in-my-own-little-way.

Could this be this? Yes >>>>>... can dodge the big issue by settling into the cocoon of "just living my life and doing what I can in my own little way."

Is there some reason that you can't just omit the quotation marks altogether?

Best wishes, Clive

"all-hyphenated" noun

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:01:11 GMT

Hi,
How would you justify the use of hyphens to denote what seems to be a noun? I think this string of words can be thought as a big noun made of little parts.

Could it be in quotations without hyphens and would it make a difference or no difference? I think a problem might result if put quotation marks around it is that "way" is a noun.

Then again, putting quotation marks makes it kind of an uncountable noun and I think we don't need to think about articles unless we are thinking of making it a type or an instance of it.

I think certain words like "am" or "so" are not hyphenated when used as part of a hyphenated noun or a hyphenated adjective. Why is that?

... can dodge the big issue by settling into the cocoon of just-living-my-life-and-doing-what-I-can-in-my-own-little-way.

Could this be this?

... can dodge the big issue by settling into the cocoon of "just living my life and doing what I can in my own little way."

Re: article

Feebs11 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:45:48 GMT

Anonymous
Thank you.
You said:

Usually when we introduce a common noun into a conversation for the first time we use the indefinite article, then when we refer back to that item/person/etc. we use the definite.

Does it apply to what seems to be a common noun used a game instruction section like as in "... pick one person to be 'Volcano'"?? What do quotation marks around a common noun mean to you in this type of writing? I wish for the best possible answer.

"Volcano" is presumably the name or title of that player, so it is indicating that this is a name and not an exploding mountain. You would not put an article before it unless there are more than one players with the name/title (as was indicated further onin the passage above),

Re: article

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:32:51 GMT

Thank you.

You said:

Usually when we introduce a common noun into a conversation for the first time we use the infinite article, then when we refer back to that item/person/etc. we use the definite.

Does it apply to what seems to be a common noun used a game instruction section like as in "... pick one person to be 'Volcano'"?? What do quotation marks around a common noun mean to you in this type of writing? I wish for the best possible answer.

Re: A sequel to an article before a gerund question

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:25:48 GMT

Hi,

I think I have seen more than enough cases where what people call a verbal noun has the indefinite article 'a' in front of it and at the very least, the sheer number (should it be - sheer numbrs??) of it warrants some good explanations from experts in this forum. I think I can laid out a similar framework of argument for a quoted content too.

These days, students from where I use to live don't study hard. A lot of people seem to feel "sit in your chair and do nothing for eight hours" should be replaced with a quality "sit-in-your-chair-and-do-some-work hours." -- I think I made into a type. I was trying to make it an instance of it though. Do you think all the hyphens in quote in allowed? I think Mr. M said we should use either a hyphen or quotation marks, but usually not both.

I must say, the indefinite article "a" doesn't seem to go well with "hours" in the quotes but see nothing wrong with it, IMO.

tense correction

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:09:19 GMT

Hi,
Please correct this simple writing.

I went to my uncle's house yesterday. There, I saw my aunt, who looked like she came back from shopping -- by looking at the shopping bags strewn about near the door when I entered his house. "They are into tidiness," I thought; that was understanble since they both worked. Upon entering it, I also saw my grandmother's cup on the livingroom table and I gathered she must be either here or went by. My mind began to wonder, "Where would she be if she is here?" Anyway, I thought I was not going to go any where with that thought so I decided to turn on the television. My uncle had what looked to be a brand-new Samsung television and the picture quality was superb -- the pictures looked so real that it was like I was seeing the real stuff. In the middle of it, I heard the bedroom door opened and saw my grandmother. Instantly she yelled, "***, what are you doing watching that soap. You shouldn't watch that; you should be with your cousion helping him do his homework. Go to his room. He is waiting for you." For a moment, a thought came on in my mind that that sounded just like my mother. I thought I was free from all my mother's nagging when I came here and then, realized I met my "another" mother.

Hi, could I be able to put quotation marks around a word like "another" which we normaly use an article with and use/place an article before it??

Re: Slanting

Mister Micawber — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:46:49 GMT

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Italics were used because they are the titles of the parts of... what? An exhibition? Official style manuals include guidelines for titling. Italics are the print equivalent of underscoring, which is usually done for book titles, for instance, while short stories are instead enclosed in quotation marks. However, there are variations in what publishers require.

This is what I would do in a formal paper (but I would likely use italics here at EF-- they are easier):

2. Movie titles? -- Yes

3. Titles of Magazine articles? -- No; quotation marks

4. Titles of Academic Journals? -- Yes

5. Title of a poem? -- No; quotation marks

6. Title of a song?-- No; quotation marks