Tag: articles

7 Wonders of the English Language

If you are one of those people who think their first language is so much richer than the target language, English, this post is for you. No, it's not written to claim that English is "richer" or any better than whatever your mother tongue is. In fact, it wouldn't be correct to compare languages because all of them are fabulously rich and wonderful in their own way. So, it would be like comparing strawberry varieties - they all are different, but they all are strawberries, sweet, juicy and delicious...

Articles: Basic Rules

An article is a functional word which we use with a noun to show its definiteness or indefiniteness. There are 2 types of articles in English: indefinite (a/an) and definite (the). The term zero article refers to occasions when there is no article preceding a noun (or a noun phrase)...

Street English

This post is about interesting but sometimes confusing things about the word “street”. Read it to know the difference between “in the street” and “on the street”, the use of “outside”, “outdoors” and “out-of-doors” meaning you are not at home, and learn some street idioms too. Are you not sure which article to use with names of streets? We'll answer the question as well...

Should I Really Study Grammar?

You seem to be a good speaker but there are times when you see or hear something very confusing and you understand that your English is not perfect at all. Grammar… That old and sometimes scary word… Is it really that scary and boring after all?...