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I admit as an english student sometimes I hate articles, especially "the" & all these exceptions, but to improve my second language I need to learn.
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I have a question please
Why when we make the abbreviation to "The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation" we say NATO
and when we make the abbreviation to "The European Union" we say The EU.
("we do not omit "the )
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'NATO' is an acronym and forms a word similar to a name. That's why 'the' is dropped. Other examples are OPEC and UNESCO.
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Fantastic lesson! Still I'd like to clarify two moments
1) NATO without 'the', but the EU
Is it because of the word 'Union'?
2) He's at the dentist
Don't we need to write dentist'S?
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There' usually no 'the ' before an acronym (NATO, NASA), but there's one before an abbreviation (the UN, the IMF).
As for your second question, you will find your answer here:
forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst205276_I-am-at-the-dentist-dentist-s-now-.aspx
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I´m sorry, I don´t understand very well the excercise number 5(11:05) "It seems that 'the' current inflation has hit 'the' unemployed hard", what is the rule? Current inflation and unemployed are not as things in general? Thank you.
The word 'current' makes the noun 'inflation' into a specific one: the inflation we are experiencing now.
'the unemployed' is like 'the elderly', 'the rich', 'the poor'.
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I was curious why "the" before 'current inflation' as well.
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I have some questions
1- Why you add ( The ) to acronym ( EU )?
2- When ( THE ) is not necessary, Is that mean ( A and AN ) not necessary ?
3- When is not necessary to put any of these articles (THE, A , AN )?
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1. Acronyms usually need 'the'.
2. No, you cannot conclude that. It depends on the context.
3. Plural nouns referring to a general group: Cats like to sleep.
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Hello, your video are really detailed, i enjoy alot, i have a question: secondary school, can we think that 2ndary is ordinal number as we have primary school?, so we can write " he used to play volleyball when he was in the secondary school". Tks
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'primary' and 'secondary' are not considered 'ordinal' numbers'. So, it's not those words that determine if we use 'the' or not in this context. It's the word 'school'. 'school' falls in the category of 'home', 'work', 'church' etc.
Hi!The lesson is really great and gives a lot of comprehensive information on this topic.
1.Is there a rule to determine whether an organisation needs the article or not?Or you need to remember all of them?
2. Could you please explain why we put 'the' before 'current inflation' in the exercise #5?
+Vasily Sarantsev
Hello Vasily,
I'm glad you've liked the lesson.
1. I haven't been able to deduce a rule so far. Like any name, it is a bit arbitrary.
2. You need 'the' here because we're talking about a specific inflation i.e. the current one. If we were talking about inflation in general, we wouldn't need it, e.g. 'High inflation can severely hurt businesses.'
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Adverbs are finished with -ly ...
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Hi Minoo! You are doing a great job! I follow your lessons. Is two years now. Could you upload a video-lesson about the use of the verb "to do" and one about the imperative form? I can't find those in the play-list... Thank you! Bye. Francesco
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Would you please explain about 'in the back of the car', 'back of the building' and 'members of the Cuban community'. Why do 'back' and 'members' not have 'the' in the 2nd and 3rd composition?
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1: page no#35: we can say "The banyan is a kind of fig tree." But can't say "a kind of a fig tree" why?
2: "The" is used before a common noun to give it the meaning of abstract noun.. will you please explain it a bit more?
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The English Practice specially Person to Person then EFFECT OF FLOWER. In one Word of the DAY.
hello, i really like your videos and i would like to know if you can do a video of other, the other, others, another.
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Thank you, Sebabstian. I'm glad you've enjoyed my lessons.
I've made a note of your request. In the meantime, a quick note:
As determiners:
another + singular noun: another book
(the) other + plural nouns & uncountable nouns: (the) other books, (the) other information
As pronouns:
the other = the other one
(the) others = (the) other ones
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You can use "the" in front of jail... church... prison if you speak about a place that you went but not for the reasons that place is operating.. i. e I went to the prison to bring him cookies... I saw the church where he sang as a little boy.
Absolutely right!
It's the distinction between 'taking part', as it were, in some kind of event there; and describing the building or person's location.
"He's at church" suggests he is actually taking part in a service.
"He's in the church" is simply describing his location.
It's rather obvious English is very much a hybrid language isn't it?
So if I get it right then if Samantha is a teacher I should say " Samantha is at school " with out THE because she is a part of this facility ?
What do we use before president?
The President of + country
President + his/her name
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Hello dear teacher, I like your way of explanation. It is understandable and clear. But I could not find justification for why 'the' is not added to ( at home)? Thanks.
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There is no reason. It's an exception.
Hello, this video is very good. But in 5:03 you do not place the period after the etc. I'm Brazilian and this video helped me a lot, then, thank you!
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