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Hello Guys!should "is" be included in this sentence? 1.Bed's wooden body carries the bouncy mattress and  is covered with the silky sheet. And Please check the grammar of this sentence.2. The daffodil ['s would be applied?] textures on sheet have lightened up  more in these glowing sunrays and nature’s color seems to blend with the  printed colors. [appropriate grammar usage and sentence?] Thanks !

Mr Wordy · Accepted Answer

1. Yes, "is" is required, but it should be "The bed's...".

"the silky sheet" is not wrong if you've already been talking about this sheet, but my guess is that you might mean "a silky sheet".

"Supports" would be more usual than "carries", and "frame" would be more usual than "body".

What you've written means that the wooden body is covered by the sheet, whereas it seems more likely that sheet would cover the mattress.

2. "The daffodil's textures" means the textures of a specific real daffodil. "The daffodil textures" means "the kind of textures that you would usually associate with daffodils". However, it seems you don't mean either of these, but you mean the sheet is printed with a daffodil pattern. In this case, "textures" is the wrong word. You also need "the sheet". So, a suggestion for the start of the sentence is:

The daffodil patterns on the sheet ...

The next part of the sentence is not actually wrong, but seems a little ungainly to me. I would suggest

... are brightened by the sun's glowing rays, and nature’s color seems to blend with the printed colors.

Cute572 · Answer

Thank you so much Mr. Wordy !

Yes i was discussing about bed sheets. Then also i will use "a silky sheet"?
I originally written the sentence while discussing bed and also i try to put a metaphor in it. After the suggestions:
Its (discussion continues about bed) wooden frame supports the bouncy mattress and is covered all around [words fits?] with the/a silky sheet like a [artile ok?]spongy cake layered by the cream.

Thank you again Mr. Wordy for replying and suggesting

Mr Wordy · Answer

I sympathise with the difficulty you're having with articles.

If you have previously mentioned this bedsheet, then "the" is probably correct. If you haven't, or you've just been talking about bedsheets in general, then it probably should be "a". Incidentally, the same goes for the bouncy mattress (I forgot to mention this in my last reply). If this is the first mention of this mattress, then it probably should be "a". To be absolutely sure which is appropriate in each case, I'd need to see the whole of the text.

Its wooden frame supports the/a bouncy mattress and is ~~covered all around~~ completely covered with the/a silky sheet like a [OK] spongy cake ["spongy cake" is not necessarily wrong, but you might mean "sponge cake"] layered ~~by the cream~~ with cream.

An interesting idea!

Cute572 · Answer

Yes I am little confuse now in between articles.
Mr. Wordy what if i used sheet and mattress for the 1st time. Article A won't look like repeating or odd ?
Its wooden frame supports a bouncy mattress and is completely covered with a silky sheet like a sponge cake layered with cream.
And some times we use "the" without repeating that noun or subject, like in previous sentence:
The daffodil patterns on the sheet are brightened by the sun's glowing rays, and nature’s color seems to blend with the printed colors.
I have mention sun's rays for the first time.
Any particular point i should remaind following articles. I know A used with singular noun An with vowels and The with specifics. But I don't know much about articles rules in paragraphs.
And Thanks for helping me out

Mr Wordy · Answer

You're right -- often you want to avoid repeating the same word many times in the same sentence. But it's OK to repeat "a" and "the" (and various other short and common words, such as "I", "he", "it" etc.). It's unavoidable, and it doesn't seem awkward.

The reason it's "the sun" and not "a sun" is because there's only one sun.

For some general principles, you might find this page useful: http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/whentousea.html

Cute572 · Answer

Thanks a lot Mr. Wordy for the link and your help. I really appreciate your help.
Thank you very much

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