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How do i get more exercise ?
Sentence 3
In sentence 3, the correct answer is "I've got a cold..."
Isn't cold "uncountable" and how is it valid to use "a"?
TQ :)
Hello brrrt, Well, I've got
Hello brrrt,
Well, I've got a cold at the moment, so I'm quite happy to answer your question! If you look up cold in the Cambridge Dictionaries Online search box on the right of this page, you will find many entries. Choose the definition of cold as a noun, meaning illness and you will find the answer to your question. Please let me know if you need any more help.
Regards,
Stephen Jones
The LearnEnglish Team
Excuse me. can someone answer
Excuse me. can someone answer me,please?
Hello Maryam, There are a
Hello Maryam,
There are a very small number of people working on LearnEnglish - we'll try to answer your question as soon as possible.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
thank you
hello Adam.
thank you for everything. I think you don't read comments that are edited, do you? so I should repeat my question.
in the explanation of Article 2 I read the articles are not used for home,hospital,school, university,church,home,and bed.
Is there a rule for it? or just these several words are exception? are there some words else like these?
thanks in advance.
question
hi all
I have a question.
in explanation I read the articles are not used for home,hospital,school, university,church,home,and bed.
Is there a rule for it? or just these several words are exception? are there some words else like these?
thanks a lot.
Maryam
Hello maryam, We don't use
Hello maryam,
We don't use articles with certain a few different prepositional phrases of place, especially places that have a specific purpose, like schools and hospitals. This is an idiomatic use, and one that confuses a lot of learners, so try to look for examples when you read or listen to English, and note them down.
Regards,
Stephen
The LearnEnglish Team
thanks in advance.
thanks in advance.
get confused but I get 4 X.
get confused but I get 4 X.
When to use an article ?
Hi,
When to use an article ? what is the purpose of using article ?
Hi, You can read about
Hi,
You can read about articles and other determiners here. We also have more information about the definite article 'the' here and information about the indefinite article 'a' here.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
problem....it is
these exercises are very useful though but igot very confused because the answers are case sensitive and it keeps on marking the correct answer without capitalization wrong .....please can any team member help .
It´s a little difficult
It´s a little difficult
Oh my!
what a tricky thingie!....I did really bad I got all of them wrong ;(
Other expressions
I didn't quite understand why is: I've got a headache and I've got earache in explanation for Articles 2. Why there is no an article in the second sentence?
Hi Jasenka, It's a confusing
Hi Jasenka,
It's a confusing area, isn't it?
There is no single rule in this area; different dialects use articles with illnesses in different ways. For me, it's necessary to use 'a' with 'headache', but it's optional with 'earache'. However, I understand some other people (for example in America) would say something different.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Very confusing :) In my
Very confusing :)
In my mother tongue there are no articles, so it is very hard to understand why something is the way it is. It doesn't have logic why we should use a for headache or cold but not for earache.
Anyway thanx for your response.