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    Default I cannotdecide which word and article should I use.

    Hello all,
    Please correct this text.

    "Would you like to come in please?"
    "Yes, thank you. I am very pleased to meet you and your husband. I am on patrol every evening. In case of need you can/may/ might(which of them should be used here) address me anytime."
    "I think I will avail myself of your help/offer reight now. I have to go to a/the drugstore but our car is in the workshop."
    "I will/would be glad to give you a lift ma`am."
    Thank you. I will tell my husband (can I use "warn", does it require "about") and come down in a minute."
    "We can go now."

    Should I use "about" with tell. I know that when I mention something for the first time I should use an indefinite article. But when there is a concrete "drugstore" or "workshop" which of them should I use?
    And my last question. When I want to say ' which of them should be used here" is it necessary to add "in this sentence".
    Thank you very much.

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    Default Re: I cannotdecide which word and article should I use.

    Quote Originally Posted by sondra View Post
    Hello all,
    Please correct this text.

    "Would you like to come in please?"
    "Yes, thank you. I am very pleased to meet you and your husband. I am on patrol every evening. In case of need, you can/may/ might(which of them should be used here) ("may" is formal, "can" could be used here, though the real meaning of "can" indicates the ability to do a thing. May is used to indicate permission) address call me anytime."
    "I think I will avail myself of your help/offer reight offer right now. I have to go to a/the drugstore but our car is in the workshop." (a drugstore if you want any drugstore - the drugstore if you want a specific drugstore. Use the workshop since the car is in a specific workshop)
    "I will/would be glad to give you a lift ma`am." Either will or would.
    Thank you. I will tell my husband (can I use "warn", does it require "about") and come down in a minute." To warn someone is to alert them of some danger - tell is fine. "I will tell my husband about you..."
    "We can go now."

    Should I use "about" with tell. I know that when I mention something for the first time I should use an indefinite article. But when there is a concrete "drugstore" or "workshop" which of them should I use?
    And my last question. When I want to say ' which of them should be used here" is it necessary to add "in this sentence".
    Thank you very much.
    Gil

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