Fill in the right articles: A, An, the, Ø. Boyle’s law states ____ pressure of ____ gas is inversely proportional to ____ volume of ____ gas ____ constant temperature. I Agree to @my name’s response to this question. As @my name explains pressure and volume are specific to gas, so we use “the.” But what … Read more
I have a question regarding the use of the article “the” in the following sentence. What is correct? “[…]. The answer of each agent depends on the number of other agents answering the same.“ or “[…]. The answer of each agent depends on the number of the other agents answering the same.“ I want to … Read more
Beller’s first high-profile role was at venture capital firm Andreessen Horwitz, where she was a partner on the deal team between 2013 and 2016. Source Does the same rule apply to the sentence above as to the expressions like at work, in hospital, and at school? Is Beller’s first high-profile role was at a venture … Read more
Can we use one article in > I am going to show you the sink, kitchen and fridge. (the sink and the fridge are in the kitchen we are talking about) I am going to show you the accommodation, campus and school. (we are talking about a single campus with a dorm and an academic … Read more
2 questions. Q1. Earlier these days, I saw the usage of “Leader of …”, which is a countable noun without a preceding article. Is that grammatically correct? What I found in oxford guide to english grammar: A singular noun on its own • 167 We use a singular noun on its own only in some … Read more
Am I right in thinking that it’s possible and correct to use the zero article in contexts like this, when the meaning is general? Even though in dictionaries it’s presented as a set expression with the definite article? For example, if we say “I don’t want to wash the dishes” or “He washed the dishes”, … Read more
1.”in like manner” or 2.”in the like manner” I thought that the latter is correct, but more digging points to the former. In Leviathan,of Hobbes, in like manner is used twenty five times, whereas in the like manner appears only four times, e.g. And these are Pleasures Of The Mind of him that draweth those … Read more
As I was going through Leviathan I realized that in some places Hobbes left an article before covenant, despite not placing the word in quotation marks: 1. “God is King of all the Earth by his Power: but of his chosen people, he is King by Covenant.” 2. “Again, one of the Contractors, may deliver … Read more
I have to fill the blank with an article (a,an or the) Copper is _ useful metal. Metal is a noun and it is qualified by an adjective ‘useful’. But I can’t find any rule pertaining to this situation and hence I’m not sure which article would be suitable. Please provide me the answer with … Read more
I was going through Leviathan of Hobbes today and I think I spotted an error. “and every Citizen bringing his Oystershell into the market place, written with the name of him he desired should be banished, without actuall accusing him, sometimes banished an Aristides, for his reputation of Justice;“ Would leaving out the article preceding … Read more
