The Good Article: Part One
Clearly, he's comfortable enough with articles that he can concentrate on getting other bits completely wrong. Welcome back, fellow questers. As noted elsewhere, it’s taken me a little longer than expected to finish this, the first proper part of our first anniversary series on English articles. This is because I have discovered that it’s hard to present this information in a way that is wholly relevant to us as translators and editors. Being a fundamental part of the language, it’s more generally applicable to language learners and users of all stripes than just us. There are also some aspects that are specific to spoken English, and these also sometimes depend on regional accent or whether it’s British or American English we’re using (such as some Americans saying erbal instead of herbal ). On that point, and in the interests of a) actually finishing these posts, b) not completely screwing everything up beyond all recognition and c) being as clear as possible, there are some th...