Comments on: English Articles

By: Clare

Clare — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:08:52 +0000

You can say "from the ages of…" but with plural countable nouns, you only need an article if you want to specify something. Otherwise, if you're talking about generalities, you can omit the article.

By: Amin

Amin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:36:33 +0000

Hi Clare!
I've heard we can say:from ages 10 to 25
why don't say from the ages 10 to 25

By: Clare

Clare — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:50:15 +0000

Yes, you're correct. You can say "I'd like to buy a piano". It's only with the verb "to play" that we tend to use "the". (But we don't use "the" when we use the verb "to play" to talk about sports.)

By: Punii

Punii — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:20:53 +0000

Hi clare ..my question is on instrument..we use THE PIANO ..but suppose i wana buy ..an instrument then can i say to the shopkeeper..I WANT A GOOD PIANO? Similarly in my whole text ..1.an instrument 2.the shopkeeper i used.is this correct?pls reply thanks :)

By: Clare

Clare — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:00:05 +0000

With some buildings you don't need 'the'. For example, with "Palace", "Cathedral", "Church" or a road number, we don't use 'the'.

But with other buildings, such as "The White House" or "The Houses of Parliament" we use 'the'.