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    Article, Nouns, Pronouns, Determiners Common Mistakes

    Article, Nouns, Pronouns, Determiners Common Mistakes

    May 05, 20244 min read

    • english
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    Can you give me ____ bread?

    ✅ some ❌ a

    • You can’t use a because bread is uncountable in English.
    • We use some because we are asking for something. We use any in questions, but not in questions when we are asking for something or offering something.

    She gave me ____ terrible news.

    ✅ some ❌ a

    • The word news is special, because it in uncountable. It is a singular word ending in -s.
    • We can’t say new, because news is singular; the -s is not a mark of plural.
    • You can’t use a because news is uncountable; we can’t say one news, two news, three news, etc.

    I'm not sure of what to do. Can you give me ____ advice?

    ✅ some ❌ any

    • You can’t use an because advice is uncountable in English.
    • We use some because we are asking for something. We use any in questions, but not in questions when we are asking for something or offering something.

    Do you speak ____ (French)?

    ✅ any French ❌ French ❌ some French

    • You can’t use an because French is uncountable (names of languages are uncountable).
    • We use any and not some because the sentence is a question, and we use any in negatives and questions.

    I'd like to cross ____ Atlantic on a cruise.

    ✅ the ❌ -

    • We use the with the names of oceans, seas, rivers and canals (the Mediterranean, the Amazon, the Panama canal, etc.).

    Please, read the text on ____ page 15.

    ✅ - ❌ the

    • We do not use the or a(n) before noun + number: (room 25, platform 3, page 50, question 4, etc.).

    There was very ____ space left to park.

    ✅ little ❌ few

    • We use (a) little before uncountable nouns and (a) few before countable nouns.

    A: Have you got anything to read? B: Yes, I have a ____ magazines.

    ✅ few ❌ bit of

    •  We use (a) little or a bit of before uncountable nouns and (a) few before countable nouns.

    You can't wear ____ of those dresses. They don't suit you.

    ✅ either ❌ neither

    • We cannot use both or neither with a negative verb. We have to use either.
    • You can’t wear either of those dresses= You can wear neither of those dresses.

    When I get home I like to relax ____ .

    ✅ - ❌ myself

    • We don’t use myself, yourself, etc. after the verbs concentrate, dress (or get dressed), feel, relax, shave, wash.

    Did you enjoy ____ at the party last night?

    ✅ yourself ❌ -

    • We use myself, yourself, etc. when the object and the subject are the same person.
    • The verb enjoy in English requires an object. We can say I enjoyed myself or I enjoyed the party, but we cannot say I enjoyed.

    It's hard to explain why some people fail and ____ (others / the others) succeed.

    ✅ others ❌ the others

    • We use others as a pronoun (not followed by a noun) to mean ‘different’ (people or things). In this sentence, others mean ‘other people’.

    ____ (Most / Most of the) students I know passed the exam.

    ✅ Most of the ❌ Most

    • We can use most + noun to talk about all people or things in general or most of the + noun to talk about specific things or people.
    • In this case we are talking about some specific students.

    We spent ____ (all day / all the day) outdoors.

    ✅ all day ❌ all the day

    • We say all day, all night, all month, all year, etc. to mean ‘the entire day/night/month/etc.’
    • We don’t use an article or a preposition when we use all + time expression.

    He's one of ____ (Britain's best chef / the best chef of Britain).

    ✅ Britain’s best chefs ✅ the best chef in Britain ❌ the best chef of Britain

    • We normally use ‘s with people or animals, although we can also use it with places (cities, countries, etc.) and organizations.
    • We could also say ‘one of the best chefs in Britain’. Remember that after the superlative, we use in + names of places (⇒ See B1 » grammar » Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.)

    Some experts say that ____ (cow milk / cow's milk) isn't healthy for babies and toddlers.

    ✅ cow’s milk ❌ cow milk

    • We normally use the possessive ‘s with animals to talk about products that are produced by them, e.g. cow’s milk, chicken’s eggs, etc.

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