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The Graduate Posted 18 years ago
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00 It has been long time since I posted something here. 02 br
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00 My question is; sometimes I feel that it is difficult to decide on whether to use articles or not, please take a look at the following examples: 02 br
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00 - You need to sit down with (a) pen and (a) paper in order to write your essay. 02 br
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00 - It has been (a) long time since I posted something here. 02 br
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00 - I went to (the) stock market last night. 02 br
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00 - It seems that (the) history repeats itself. 02 br
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00 I know there are general rules for using articles, I went through them and could not apply them to the above examples. I may need help from somebody who is really good in this area 05 0 02 br
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00 Thank You Very Much In Advance! 010id 5
02 br
00 It has been long time since I posted something here. 02 br
02 br
00 My question is; sometimes I feel that it is difficult to decide on whether to use articles or not, please take a look at the following examples: 02 br
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00 - You need to sit down with (a) pen and (a) paper in order to write your essay. 02 br
02 br
00 - It has been (a) long time since I posted something here. 02 br
02 br
00 - I went to (the) stock market last night. 02 br
02 br
00 - It seems that (the) history repeats itself. 02 br
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00 I know there are general rules for using articles, I went through them and could not apply them to the above examples. I may need help from somebody who is really good in this area 05 0 02 br
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00 Thank You Very Much In Advance! 010id 5
Top answer
02 br 00 These are correct: 02 br 02 br 00 - You need to sit down with (a) pen and (a) paper in order to write your essay. 0-
- 02 br 00 These are correct: 02 br 02 br 00 - You need to sit down with (a) pen and (a) paper in order to write your essay.
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00 These are correct: 02 br
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00 - You need to sit down with (a) pen and (a) paper in order to write your essay. -- 01 b 00 They are singular countable nouns, but 'pen and paper' is also idiomatic. 02 br
02 b 00 - It has been 01 b 00 a long time 02 b 00 since I posted something here. 02 br
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00 These are correct: 02 br
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00 - You need to sit down with (a) pen and (a) paper in order to write your essay. -- 01 b 00 They are singular countable nouns, but 'pen and paper' is also idiomatic. 02 br
02 b 00 - It has been 01 b 00 a long time 02 b 00 since I posted something here. 02 br
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0 Thank you very mcuh 01 b 00 Mister Micawber 02 b 00 for your reply. but I am still confused about your answer to the second example, 01 b 01 font 00 it has been a long time since I posted something here 02 font 02 b 00 , I know that time can be both countable and uncountable depending on the context. in this example, I believe ti
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0 I'll **** in, Graduate, if you don't mind. You are referring to 01 u 00 a period 02 u 00 of time, and what's even more important, there is an adjective before 01 i 00 time. 02 i 00 Adjectival attributes often influence the use and choice of articles. There are numerous expressions in which 01 b 01 i 00 a 02 i 00 is used because of 01 fo
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1 b 01 font 00 Thank you very mcuh dear 02 font 00 , actually you raised a good point that I have not heared about before now. I believe your new point will help me to understand the use of articles much better 05 0 02 b 010id 1
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11 b 11 font 10 Thank you very 10 mcuh 10 dear 12 font 10 , actually you raised a good point that I have not 10 heared 10 about before now. I believe your new point will help me to understand the use of articles much better 15 0 12 b 12 br
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