joham
Key Member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2007
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
- Current Location
- China
1. They stayed in Friendship Hotel last night. (taken from one of China's textbooks) Without 'the' is the sentence fine?
They stayed in the Friendship Hotel last night. (L.G. Alexander says to use 'the' before a hotel name in his grammar book)
2. We were lucky to meet the artist William Brown. (Martin Hewings says to use 'the' in his ADVANCED GRAMMAR IN USE)
Film star Gloria Fox said,...(from Ronald Carter: EXPLORING GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT)
SO my question is: We were lucky to meet artist(or Artist?) William Brown.
They stayed in the Friendship Hotel last night. (L.G. Alexander says to use 'the' before a hotel name in his grammar book)
2. We were lucky to meet the artist William Brown. (Martin Hewings says to use 'the' in his ADVANCED GRAMMAR IN USE)
Film star Gloria Fox said,...(from Ronald Carter: EXPLORING GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT)
SO my question is: We were lucky to meet artist(or Artist?) William Brown.
