You seem to be making heavy weather of a relatively basic point about English. Hi Bill, Not at all. There is no "heavy weather being made of this thread. I simply didn't see the need for the definite article used (as many didn't in

I am not sure why you would use Wikipedia as your source for grammar information when dedicated manuals are readily available. The advantage the manual has over Wikipedia is that the information has been organized for maximum usefulness. I must

I am not sure why you would use Wikipedia as your source for grammar information when dedicated manuals are readily available. The advantage the manual has over Wikipedia is that the information has been organized for maximum usefulness. I must

1. I'm using a second-hand TV set that I bought five years ago. It's still in good condition. OK 2. The three TV sets that we bought last week at an on-line shopping site were high-definition type. OK but note that while

When I show a watch, which I bought yesterday,” to a friend of mine, I think I can say: “This is the watch that I bought yesterday.” An English usage reference book that I have explains “This is a book that I bought yesterday” is also

@Liveinjapan: We're really digressing from your original question, so you may want to ignore this. Hi Toms, These are some great examples! "One moment please" is correct as part of a dialog. It does not stand alone since it is a

The difficulty is that, all in all, it depends on where the speaker and listener and target all are, and how the speaker is conceiving of their spatial relationships. For instance, we often, for courtesy, assume the listener's viewpoint when it

Hi Do you find these sentences correct and natural, especially the yellow parts? Any suggestions are welcome. (Writer speaking to the media about the atrocious treatment of his friend by the police ) I did not write this article

Strictly speaking, I suppose you could call which a relative adjective or relative determiner in these sentences, but the usual terminology is 'relative pronoun' anyway. It is not at all usual to place the preposition at the end in

My apprehension about this dissipated after the first 10 minutes, by which point I knew that I was in great hands. The man they called John died in 2009, at which time I was in Africa. Strictly speaking, I suppose you could call which a