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1. Why can't the underlined word be "foods"? To me, it sound more reasonable? The following definition is from the Collins/Cobuild Compact English Learner's Dictionary.

A pizza is a flat piece of dough covered with tomatoes, cheese and other savoury food, which is baked in an oven.

2. Why doesn't the underlined part have an article "a"?

I have heard "flock" as a biblical reference to sheep.

3. Why don't the underlined words carry articles?

Each mark symbolizes an animal: cat, goat and horse.

4. Which one is right?

Be back quick.

Be back quickly.

5. Would you say the underlined word is placed appropriately? Why not the word "where"?

What are some famous places in Korea?

6. Why is there no article in the underlined place?

See (no article???) note page 11.

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

1. Food/food can be a bit confusing. Foods is used much less often and would relate to a wider range of different but not really specified food. This specifies cheese and 'other savoury food'. At least, that is the best way I can explain it. Food is the correct choice here.

2. It is talking about sheep in plural. Sheep is either singular or plural. They are not talking about one specific sheep. They are talking about a whole flock of sheep.

3. Becasue they are not talking about specific animals. These are more like titles of categories here.

4. The second is grammatically correct but you will often hear the first spoken.

5. Yes I would say it is correct, although you could also make a case for 'where'. I suppose you could interpret 'what' as asking for a list of the names of famous places and 'where' asking for the location of famous places.

6. See the note on page 11. ok. See note (on) page 11. You wouldn't say these out loud but they might appear as a sort of notes 'shorthand'. Not everything people write is always 100% correct or full. You should see the notes I write on things!

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