A picture of dog. help me please!

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Dear TeachersQ1Which is correct?A picture of dog.  A picture of a dog.Q2Question of the day.Question of day.Question of a day.The question of the day.Q3Which is correct?A ship of loveA ship of the loveShip of loveShip of the loveThe ship of loveThe ship of the loveThanks a lot.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

Q1

Which is correct?

~~A picture of dog.~~

A picture of a dog.

Q2

Question of the day.

~~Question of day~~.

~~Question of a day.~~

The question of the day.

Q3

Which is correct?

A ship of love

~~A ship of the love~~

Ship of love

~~Ship of the love~~

The ship of love

~~The ship of the love~~

Jacky56Lin · Answer

Thank you very much. Avangi

Q1

A picture of a dog.

A picture of dogs. Does it mean “there are two or more dogs in one picture”?

Q2

Question of the day.

The question of the day.

What does “the day” mean? Does I t mean Today?

Song of the week.

What does “the week” mean? Does I t mean this week?

Q3

A ship of love

Ship of love

The ship of love

Of love which is underlined, as above

Is it a modifier? Is it an adjective? I mean “of love “modifies the word “Ship” , right ?

Thanks again

CalifJim · Answer

Jacky56LinA picture of dogs. Does it mean “there are two or more dogs in one picture”?

Yes. Exactly.

Jacky56LinWhat does “the day” mean? Does I t mean Today?

More or less. It's the picture for the particular day it was intended for -- the picture of this day. You can have the picture of the day for last Monday, the picture of the day for last Tuesday, the picture of the day for last Wednesday, and so on. Every day has its own "picture of the day".

Jacky56LinSong of the week.
What does “the week” mean? Does I t mean this week?

Same as for "day". You can say, Last week the song of the week was ...; the week before that, the song of the week was ....

Jacky56Lin“of love “modifies the word “Ship” , right ?

Right. "of love" is a prepositional phrase. "of" is a preposition. Prepositional phrases are used to modify other words.

CJ

Jacky56Lin · Answer

Dear CJ and Avangi thank you very much.

I have been confused about the Article for a long long time until now.”

A and an are indefinite article. "The "is definite article

They seem easy but actually not. Some questions still need your big help!

Q1: if “Question of the day is correct”, why Ship of the love is not?

Both are not the same structure? I mean Question vs Ship and of the day vs of the love

Q2: Why there is no article in this phrase “Ship of love”, what is their thought in mind? And when can we use a Noun without any an article?

I only know before general Nouns we need at least an Article. Ex: A dog, the dog, but “dog “is wrong.

And As I know love is an Abstractive Noun, we can’t use with any indefinite article. But we can use a definite article “The” before any kinds of Nouns.

Avangi · Answer

Jacky56LinQ3: Is It Possible to Change the Color of Car? Why the speakers say “of car” without an article? Is the sentence correct? I Need to change it as ” Is It Possible to Change the Color of a Car (cars) ? ”

A native speaker would not say this.
Perhaps it was written in a memorandum, in "shorthand" style.

If we're talking about a specific group of cars (maybe three cars), we'd say,
"Is it possible to change the color(s) of the cars?"

If we're talking about cars in general (any car), we'd say, "Is it possible to change the color of a car?"
OR "Is it possible to change the color(s) of cars?"

Jacky56Lin · Answer

Thanks so much Avangi

How about my questions about Q1 and Q2 help!

Thanks again.

A picture of dog. help me please!

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