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Here is an exercise on articles. I have my version of the right answers and the version of the author of the exercise and some of my choices of the articles don't match with those of the author's. Need your opinion. See the text in blue.
Last July, my 65-year-old father was on his daily run. It was an unusually hot day, and he felt a little sick, so he stopped to rest in the shade (author's choice) a shade (my choice). A passerby asked if he needed help, but my father said, "No," figuring he'd be able to get home. Minutes later, another person stopped. The man realized something was seriously wrong and called 911. That stranger saved my father's life. Dad suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized for five days. I cannot thank that passerby enough for getting involved and helping the/a stranger (the author doesn't provide an answer here at all, so, I think either the or a is possible) when it would have been easier to walk away. Now, my father has many years left to enjoy his grandchildren. Let everybody be Good Samaritans when they see the need (author's choice) a need (my choice). A life could depend on it. (I agree that "a life" is possible, but I wonder whether it would also be OK to leave "Life" without an article, that is: Life could depend on it.
Last July, my 65-year-old father was on his daily run. It was an unusually hot day, and he felt a little sick, so he stopped to rest in the shade (author's choice) a shade (my choice). A passerby asked if he needed help, but my father said, "No," figuring he'd be able to get home. Minutes later, another person stopped. The man realized something was seriously wrong and called 911. That stranger saved my father's life. Dad suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized for five days. I cannot thank that passerby enough for getting involved and helping the/a stranger (the author doesn't provide an answer here at all, so, I think either the or a is possible) when it would have been easier to walk away. Now, my father has many years left to enjoy his grandchildren. Let everybody be Good Samaritans when they see the need (author's choice) a need (my choice). A life could depend on it. (I agree that "a life" is possible, but I wonder whether it would also be OK to leave "Life" without an article, that is: Life could depend on it.