Grammatic trouble with a/the (correct me, help me)
I am sorry, I have no time to do everything I want, that's why I can't answer to your messages fastly.
Help me with a little question: what should I use: a or the in the next sentece
There ere several pictures on a/the pale green walls. I thought that "a" will be better, but the keys to the student books tell me use "the".
What do you think?
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Grammatic trouble with a/the (correct me, help me)
I am sorry, I have no time to do everything I want, that's why I can't answer to your messages fastly quickly.Help me with a little question: what should I use: a or the in the next sentence?
There are several pictures on a/the pale green walls. I thought that "a" will be better, but the keys to the student books tell me use "the".
What do you think?
- Hello, Нелли. You have to ask yourself two questions:
- 1. Singular or Plural: Is it one green wall or more than one green walls? If it is more than one, you cannot use "a" ("a" = "one"). So for plural walls, you can use "the walls" or "walls."
2. Definite or Indefinite: Do you mean specific green walls? If I read your sentence, will I know which wall(s) you are talking about? If it is specific (definite) walls, then use "the." If it is not obvious which walls, then do not use "the."
Definite - Singular: "the wall" "the book" ("I read the book that you gave me.")
Definite - Plural: "the walls" "the books" ("I read all of the books that you gave me.")
Indefinite - Singular: "a wall" "a book" ("My friend gave me a book.")
Indefinite - Plural: "walls" "books" "girls" ("I enjoy reading books.")
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