Article "the"

haroon rashidDo I need to put the article "the" before "temperature?

Yes, you do.

CJ

"temperature" is both countable and uncountable so can we compromise "the" here?

haroon rashidcan we comprise "the" here?

I believe you are using the word "comprise" incorrectly, so I don't know exactly what you mean.

Nevertheless, "the" has nothing to do with countable and uncountable. Both kinds of nouns can take "the".

It's the use of "a" (or "an") and pluralization that has to do with countable and uncountable. Unco

It was "compromise". What i wanted to explain was that since it is uncountable too, we can omit "the" if we like to without affecting its grammatical value because I have seen many uncountable nouns without "the" preceding them.

haroon rashidI have seen many uncountable nouns without "the" preceding them.

You will also find countable nouns without "the" preceding them. As I explained in my previous post, "the" has nothing to do with countable and uncountable.

In the sentence you posted originally you need "the".

What i understand is that countable nouns must have an article before them while uncountable nouns do not have "a" and "an" before them but they may or may not have (zero article) "the" before them. Am i correct?. Please do explain.

haroon rashidWhat i understand is that countable nouns must have an article before them while uncountable nouns do not have "a" and "an" before them but they may or may not have (zero article) "the" before them. Am i correct?. Please do explain.

Yes, that's about it.

countable: a (an), the, zero— Plural OK. zero is almost always