Difficulties of English: Articles by Henryk Kaluza

Author:Henryk Kaluza [Kaluza, Henryk]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: INTERMAN Jan Kaluza
Published: 2016-04-02T04:00:00+00:00

d. monetary and other units of measurement:

The dollar/the pound is to be devalued

The meter is the standard French unit of length

Cloth is sold by (cf. 170.2) the yard or the meter

Our car does 30 miles to the gallon

In denoting proportions the is interchangeable with a (= each):

once in a/the year/month, etc.

sell at $10 the/a bottle

These apples are/cost 20 cents a/the pound

and per + 0 (zero) article:

six per cent, per post, a shilling per man, $100 per annum

e. grammatical terminology, definitions:

the in/definite article, the subject, the noun, etc.

the indicative mood, the genitive, the present tense, etc.

"Leg" - the part of the body from the hip down to the ancle (cf. 119)

"Palm" - the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers

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