I've never taken note of "a + Proper Noun" in my life! CalifJim, you opened up my eyes on new grammar point about articles! "Hokkaido" is a big island located northernmost of Japan. It's not particularly known for being sunny. It has three very

(3) We spent a very interesting week in a deserted Tokyo over the New Year period. Hi Calif S. Jim (do you remember what "S" stands for? "Sultan" ) I saw sentence (3). I'm wondering in what kind of case "a" is possible for place names.

ochin xaracho, thank you Ruslana for your help!

Voter turnout was sluggish amid poor weather nationwide. It was either rainy or cloudy throughout most of Japan, except in sunny Hokkaido, evidently discouraging people--especially the so-called "floating voters." (1) except in sunny Hokkaido

Ant_222 wrote: 1. «to work in IBM» is incorrect 2. «to work at IBM» is very good 3. «to work for IBM» is OK and may somehow differ from #2, I think. Native checks, please. I learned that acronyms call for an article. "the IBM" Can we do

"To cut the tree down, I had to hack through the undergrowth first. " Do you think this sentence is natural? Do you have to say "In order to cut the..."?

Is "outside the window" or "outside of the window" strange to say? (1) There is a tree outside the window . (2) There is a tree outside of the window .

I had thought the "less than" in (1) functions similarly as "not". Do you all agree that even (1) sounds unnatural?

(1) Less than half of the people think an earthquake will ever occur within this decade. (2) More than half of the people think an earthquake will ever occur within this decade. (3) Most people think an earthquake will ever occur within

If you will keep littering here, they will leave here. Hi. Do you think this kind of using "will" a little strange other than for British English speakers?