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Dib Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

a poor eye sight or poor eye sight PLUS an animal or the animal

I have a poor eyesight vs I have poor eyesight which is correct.

Is eyesight a non count noun?

A crocodile is an animal that has sharp teeth. vs crocodile is the animal that has sharp teeth. which is correct?

2. Can you please also check sentences below?

I guess the perception of difficulty for any language is dependent on the person learning it for the most part. Are we supposed to say the perception of THE difficulty? Or is the above sentence correct?

In English you spell America A.m.e.r.i.c.a Why is there a "c" in place of a more logical "k"? why not A.m.e.r.i.k.a ?
Which is correct :A more logical "k" or THE more logical "k" in the sentence above?

Thanks a bunch
  

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I have poor eyesight. A crocodile is an animal that has sharp teeth. ) I guess the perception of difficulty of learning for any language is dependent on the person learning it for the most part.

— AlpheccaStars

  • I have poor eyesight.
  • A crocodile is an animal that has sharp teeth.
  • ) I guess the perception of difficulty of learning for any language is dependent on the person learning it for the most part.
  • America is named after the person instrumental in its discovery: Amerigo Vespucci.
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I have poor eyesight.
A crocodile is an animal that has sharp teeth. (So does a shark.)
I guess the perception of difficulty of learning for any language is dependent on the person learning it for the most part.

America is named after the person instrumental in its discovery: Amerigo Vespucci. His first name was (in Latin) Americus, but that was changed to the f
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AlpheccaStarsAmerica is named after the person instrumental in its discovery: Amerigo Vespucci. His first name was (in Latin) Americus, but that was changed to the feminine "America."
This is not what I asked, please read the original question again.
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Dib AlpheccaStarsAmerica is named after the person instrumental in its discovery: Amerigo Vespucci. His first name was (in Latin) Americus, but that was changed to the feminine "America."This is not what I asked, please read the original question again.
If you take the time to read AS's response, you will find that she did answer your original question.
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DibWhich is correct :A more logical "k" or THE more logical "k" in the sentence above?
Either is possible. "The" is usual.
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enoonEither is possible. "The" is usual.
But aren't we talking about any "k" generally here just like when we say "a cat is a lazy animal" we are talking about all the cats.( by the way are we supposed to say all the cats or all cats ! MAN ARTICLES ARE SO HARD!)

2. how does using the "K" change meaning of the sentence. Am I right to think that when u
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You are asking a native speaker to think about and explain a choice he makes unconsciously. Your guess is as good as mine, really. Articles are slippery little devils, and their uses are subtle and many. When we modify a choice, we use "the", that's all. "America" is spelled with a "c" instead of a "k", but it is not spelled with the more logical "k".

I don't buy the premise, by the way.
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DibBut aren't we talking about any "k" generally here just like when we say "a cat is a lazy animal" we are talking about all the cats.( by the way are we supposed to say all the cats or all cats ! MAN ARTICLES ARE SO HARD!)
It sometimes depends on context. In a book on animals, we say:
The cat is a lazy animal. (Means the species Felis silvest
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@Enoon and AlpheccaStars:
Thanks a bunch for the reply's .
The Why the is a "C" statement was not a question that I asked you people but was a statement I wanted you guys to correct. Actually I was having a discussion on another forum whether German is harder than English and French where I bought up America's spellings to backup my argument. I don't really care why America is spelled thi
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I am not as technically knowledgable as many other posters here but my instinct would tell me that the words "certain" and "most" are the deciding factor. Both give an approximate numerical "flavour" to your word, negating the need for a restrictive "The" or a general "a".

Ex: your first sentence could read "I am obsessed with THE areas of interest which most others consider dreadfully
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Dib@Enoon and AlpheccaStars: Thanks a bunch for the reply's .The Why the is a "C" statement was not a question that I asked you people but was a statement I wanted you guys to correct. Actually I was having a discussion on another forum whether German is harder than English and French where I bought up America's spellings to backup my argument. I don't really care why Amer
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