Articles and determiners are usually used to give information of a noun, meaning that they tell the reader who and how many that noun is referring to.
Articles and determiners
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They are two words that tend to go together in order to make an idiom.
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Third conditional
They are used to express time or life matters.
Life and time
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Third conditional is used when we want to talk about events that didn't happen in the past.
"Very" and "absolutely" are used in a different way. "Absolutely" shall always go with extreme adjectives (words that have a really strong meaning). "Very" is only used with normal adjectives.
Very and absolutely.
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McDaniel College Writing Center. (s. f.). https://writingcenter.mcdaniel.edu/resources/grammar/determiners-and-articles/
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Very, really, or absolutely? (s. f.). Cambridge. https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/b1g087-very-really-or-absolutely
Example: "If i had studied for my exam, I wouldn't have failed it."
- We use third conditional to talk about things that are impossible to happen now.
The structure is the following one: If + past perfect + would have + past participle
It is used with countable and uncountable nouns, and it refers to the whole amount of something. Ex: "All students must participate in this activity."
This word refers to every person or thing in an individual way. It must always be used with singular words. Ex: "Each student has a different problem."
Usually, every is used when we are talking about something that is recurrent. Ex: "I can't believe it! You do this every day!"
"A few" is used to describe some people or things, but "few" is used when we want to say that they are not as much as we expected; unlike "a few", "few" has a negative meaning. Ex: "I have a few chocolates" (I have enough chocolates) "I have few chocolates" (I don't have as much a I would like to).
Articles used to describe a non-specific/general noun. While an is used with words that don't begin with a word, a doesn't. Ex: "A man is climbing that tree." "An apple fell inside the basket."
Article used to describe a specific noun. Ex: "The door is open. You can leave if you want to."
No article is used whith plural or uncountable nouns when we talk about things in general. Ex: "Dreams don't come true." .
Some examples are:
- Take your time
- Get a life
- Kill time
- Third time lucky
- No time to lose
- That's life
- Not before time
- Any old time:
- A cushy life
- To bet your life
- Come to life
- Beter luck next time
- Get a new lease of life
- It's high time
- For the time being
Examples:
- Sink or swim
- Wait and see
- Far and wide
- Give and take
- Hit and miss
- Short and sweet
- Ins and outs
- By and large
- Once and for all
Idiom:
- Group of words that have a different meaning while being together.
Ex: "Are you pulling my leg?"
Examples: "Your hands are absolutely freezing!" "You did it! Very good!"
