By Regards, Definite articles

Hi there, Some nouns in English, uncountable under normal circumstances, take the indefinite article when qualified by the adjective or adverbial phrase. How do I tell if a noun should take the indefinite article or not? Examples: When I got back home, I took a short nap to make up for the...

I think there are a couple way to look at this. One is the use of the word 'thereof' and what it means. It is defined as such: thereof -adverb: of or concerning this, that or itWhen the word 'thereof' is used it gets its meaning entirely from the word to which it refers. So...

Hi BelieverDon't look for logic with regard to articles in English. Adjectival attributes very often bring on an indefinite article:A new culture was born.A relative clause may do the same:We need a culture that is totally different from what we have now.When an adjectival attribute refers to a...

Dear Friends,We don't use definite article "the" before the name of any language.He speaks fluent english.But when say English Language, we use "the".A Comprehensive grammar of the English language.I would like know why do we need to add "the" in second case. Take another case.The Labour party...

Hi, When you use the word 'right', it is likely that you use with the definite article 'the' in front of it; which is based on the thoughts that there should be only one right anything in any moment (I think). But it seems hard to disregard occurances where a 'the' is not used but an 'a' is...

Hi NewYou remind me of Inchoateknowledge! I agree with you with regard to what would be more logical. The fact is, unfortunately for us foreigners, that logic and English very often have nothing to do with each other. Some expressions just exist because native speakers use them. The definite...

Thanks, Marius. I will keep this rule in mind. What I am puzzled by, however, is the fact that either of the examples you gave me doesn't refer exactly to the sentence I gave.In your first example, we deal with proper names, no articles there, and in the second one, with one noun in plural and...

In fact, I'm at a loss, because I would use indefinite articles in this piece (a stadium, a trainer, a helping boy), but the performance since it has been introduced (A monkey is going to perform...). Regards, Slava

Hi, The only disadvantage, which is anyway concomitant of online training, is the lack of interaction.The only disadvantage, which is anyway concomitant of online training, is lack of interaction.I would not use a definite article before 'lack', because 'lack of interaction' is generally present...

guideline in regard to the use of an indefinite article before an countable noun righteousness is not countable! a here is not any different from a with other uncountable nouns. In other words, the same guidelines apply. Whether the noun is concrete or abstract does not necessarily make...