By Singular nouns, Determiners

Hi, Should I treat what is in a pair of quotation marks just like an adjective without any difference in terms of whether to place an article or not? Yes. I feel like you have to have an article, 'a' or 'the' or 'an', before a quoted content acting as an adjective for a...

All countable singular nouns in English require a determiner (article, possessive adjective, etc.). definition is a noun. definition is countable. definition is singular. Therefore, definition requires a determiner. My preference is to write this: Please explain the definition...

Anonymous wrote: Please answer the following questions: 1. Why the word 'police' does not have a determiner in front of it when my dictionary noted that it could be a singular noun? ... identified by police and parents as the day-care center owner... 'the' could be used, but is often...

Please answer the following questions: 1. Why the word 'police' does not have a determiner in front of it when my dictionary noted that it could be a singular noun? ... identified by police and parents as the day-care center owner... 2. Is the following adjectival construction acceptable? ......

People have found this text useful so I am repeating it here in this entirety with error fixed (there are several posts combined in it) Before I give you more detailed explanation I have to tell you that in dictionaries you can frequently find the type of the word: countable, uncountable, mass,...

Before I give you more detailed explanation I have to tell you that in dictionaries you can frequently find the type of the word: countable, uncountable, mass, abstract… However what is more important is to understand that the context is equally important. You can turn many words into abstract if...

Hi, What are the differences for these two kinds of words? Give me some practical examples. 1. sport vs sports I used to play one sport, but now I play three sports. When we speak generally, we usually speak of 'sport', eg 'Sport is good for your health'. But, 'sports' can also be used in...

What are the differences for these two kinds of words? Give me some practical examples. 1. sport vs sports 2. parent vs parents. Additionally, can you help me with these? 3. ... the auxiliary "will" takes base form of the verb ... (Does it require no articles?) Can the colored word be "no...

The determiner 'every' is always used with a singular noun and a singular verb. The other determiner 'all' can be used with singular/plural noun and singular/plural verb.

'Group' is a singular noun (and 'each' is a singular determiner)-- so a singular verb is required: 'each group is/has...' And of course the full sentence should be: 'Each group has its own merits'.