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[amaeru]

Nice thanks you !!

[starstruck5663]

I AM SO happy and lucy find this side for learning

[starstruck5663]

my favorite  teacher is mr poul

[sloveniaANDusa]

when u don't use "a/an" and "the" before the noun ?

[learnamericanenglish]

@sloveniaANDusa - Don't use "a" or "an" when the noun is plural.

[sloveniaANDusa]

@learnamericanenglish

ok thanks a lot

[FMO991]

thnks MR for everything >>>> your gooooood maaaaaaaaaaan

[2narges]

Thanke a lot for your lesson .

[hisakoevans]

I have trouble with asking myself whether it’s specific or general thing. “I have glasses.” - I know you are correct – However, here is my lack of knowledge. Are you saying any glasses or listeners don’t know them? My understanding is that you have specific/particular glasses because those glasses belong to you and they are on your face. Therefore, I think it is not any glasses. If I say, “People wear glasses for several reasons.” then it is generalization.

[iandrestb]

Thank you Paul !!

Very good lesson.

With your website and this video, this topic is finally clear for me.

Thank you again!

Iván (Colombia)

[MrHadiAfghan]

Hi ..... man how are you ..? are you find? i hope so! i love your tutorials .. lets me ask you a question ... my question is .. Why we cant say the Toronto or the Ali ?

my other question is why says the sun and the world the moon etc......... hey guys you everyone can answer me

[Wildermeat]

we say the Sun , because there is only one Sun. the same thing applies to the World and the Moon. ... they're specific NOT general :)

[andresaris]

wow, im posting many of the links of your lessons

in my grammar book. My students are apreciating alot your material. I hope you dont mind. very good work. My book is also free for everyone, if you want i´ll send you a digital copy of it as soon as i finish it. The thing is that is designed for spanish speakers that are learning english.

[asmaaegypt]

Thanks a lot for the interesting lesson.

Just one question please , sometimes I find nouns without any article, like the word "man" in this phrase:

"Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty."

and the word "Arabic" in:

"It is an opportunity to develop high levels of proficiency in Arabic language"

could I know why isn't it "the man" or "The Arabic language" ?

Thanks a lot sir, and sorry for disturbing you.

[learnamericanenglish]

In the first question, "man" is a large category and used in a way that's similar to plural nouns such as "human beings" and "people." Religious texts like the Bible will contain of lot of unusual usages.

The second example should have "the." ...in the Arabic language" is correct.

[asmaaegypt]

I'm really grateful for the reply sir, so kind of you.

[Lonhall]

@learnamericanenglish: In the sentence "It is an opportunity to develop high levels of proficiency in Arabic language", Arabic is used as an adjective and not as a noun. However, I would personally use "the" before "Arabic" in that sentence, with "the" modifying the noun "language'.

[asmaaegypt]

Thanks a lot

[koollord]

awesome

[siiyong]

A very nice lesson. Thank you.

[koinoniaetshalom]

This is my favorite teacher !!!