This is the first time I've eaten mushroom. The is a definite article. The school, the time (the reader knows which school and time that you are referring to). There can be only one 'first time' so the is correct. For is used for in

There are some guidelines regarding the use of the with proper nouns. One of them is that combinations of a proper noun + a common noun don't usually take the: Gatwick Airport Oxford University Windsor Castle Hyde Park Waterloo Bridge

Hi Jackson6612, admission can be of many kinds such as admission to a university, college, flying school etc. So, shouldn't the be used in front of admission? Perhaps, it shouldn't be because Jack would know what admission Jane was

Hi all! I've been giving English conversation lessons to a theology professor for about a year now. He's getting on in the years - a couple years from retirement - and his primary goal has been just to get his spoken English going a little

Thank you, Clive. I think you were right in using an example with "I went to the sentence" in it because it is followed with a sentence stating the reason of his visiting that physical place, if you will, but if that child happens to be super

General Canadian English is extremely similar to General American English. However, there are a number of differences between the two dialects. Firstly, GCE (General Canadian English) exhibits a linguistic phenomenon called Canadian Raising.

Hi, Yankee, Let me give you somewhat exact context to try to set the stage straight, so I can ask you the question more clearly. In a tread started by Ethanw, with its name "definite article," I think he asked why there seems to be a

Bob is in the hospital => means Bob is hospitalized. Bob is in college => means Bob is studying in a university Bob is in (the) office => Does this sentence need a definite article to imply Bob is working in his office? I know 'his

Thanks for your input! I still have a dilemma. Look at the following article which comes from Purdue University's on line writing lab. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html Note also that in English, the indefinite

Hi, I think it is stated pretty plainly that one of the possible conditions for the requirement of the definite article the is the existence of a post-modifying clause or phrase that is restrictive. From what I know, I think the articles are