53 a representative of a class the detective – 54 no need for an article because of the possessive their skills their – 55 an adjective used as a noun the common good – Articles Exercise 3 Please complete the following exercise using (no article) in the underlined spaces where a/an/the/0 appropriate. (Some articles have been included for you, but others are missing.) Change capital letters to lower case letters at the beginning of a sentence if necessary. There has never been (1) ___ more exciting time to produce (2) ___ new dictionary. Everything is changing and expanding: the English language itself, the technology that helps us to describe it, and (3) ___ needs and goals of those learning and teaching (4) ___ English. (5) ___ 1980s saw the development of (6) ___ first large corpora (special collections) of English text. (7) ___ Another of the innovations is that two similar but separate Macmillan English Dictionary’s editions have been created from (8) ___ same database: one for learners whose main target variety is (9) ___ American English, (10) ___ other for learners of British English. The differences are small but significant. The is the product of good linguistic data and high-quality people. It Macmillan English Dictionary has been (11) ___ privilege to work with such (12) ___ talented and creative team, and I would like to thank (13) ___ team for producing such (14) ___ excellent book. I hope you enjoy (15) ___ results of our hard work and find the dictionary (16) ___ pleasure to use. (adapted from Rundell, M 2002, Macmillan English dictionary for advanced ‘Introduction’, Macmillan Education, Oxford, p. x.) learners, Answers to Articles Exercise 3
53 the detective – a representative of a class 54 their skills – no need for an article because of the possessive their 55 the common good – an adjective used as a noun Articles Exercise 3 Please complete the following exercise using a/an/the/0 (no article) in the underlined spaces where appropriate. (Some articles have been included for you, but others are missing.) Change capital letters to lower case letters at the beginning of a sentence if necessary. There has never been (1) ___ more exciting time to produce (2) ___ new dictionary. Everything is changing and expanding: the English language itself, the technology that helps us to describe it, and (3) ___ needs and goals of those learning and teaching (4) ___ English. (5) ___ 1980s saw the development of (6) ___ first large corpora (special collections) of English text. (7) ___ Another of the Macmillan English Dictionary’s innovations is that two similar but separate editions have been created from (8) ___ same database: one for learners whose main target variety is (9) ___ American English, (10) ___ other for learners of British English. The differences are small but significant. The Macmillan English Dictionary is the product of good linguistic data and high-quality people. It has been (11) ___ privilege to work with such (12) ___ talented and creative team, and I would like to thank (13) ___ team for producing such (14) ___ excellent book. I hope you enjoy (15) ___ results of our hard work and find the dictionary (16) ___ pleasure to use. (adapted from Rundell, M 2002, ‘Introduction’, Macmillan English dictionary for advanced learners, Macmillan Education, Oxford, p. x.) Answers to Articles Exercise 3
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