helga23
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Hello!
I've come across examples, in which the use of articles has made me confused. I know, that we have to use a/the before countable possessive nouns (a/the girl's cat, a/the child's toy) and use a/the before countable nouns (a/the request, an/the opportunity etc).Of course, there can be exceptions regarding possessive nouns(a/the children's song, a/the children's playground, a/the women's magazine: compound nouns). And I know perfectly that some nouns can be countable and uncountable at the same time.
But these cases, which I found on the Internet, really confuse:
I've come across examples, in which the use of articles has made me confused. I know, that we have to use a/the before countable possessive nouns (a/the girl's cat, a/the child's toy) and use a/the before countable nouns (a/the request, an/the opportunity etc).Of course, there can be exceptions regarding possessive nouns(a/the children's song, a/the children's playground, a/the women's magazine: compound nouns). And I know perfectly that some nouns can be countable and uncountable at the same time.
But these cases, which I found on the Internet, really confuse:
- Upon customer's request, we offer the most adequte transportation option, in our judgement, taking into consideration relation of transport nad the amount of purchased goods.(the source is context reverso). I can't understand why we a/the isn't used there. As I know, 'customer is a countable noun.
- Sea urchin roe is considered a delicacy and it is used (at customer request) to add strength to ceviche.Wikipedia). I know that 'customer' in this case is an adjective. But why 'a customer request' isn't used there? Request is a countable noun, isn't it? I know that there are such phrases as :at/upon/by request, which are used without a/the, but they have an idiomatic sense. But in this case, I think at customer request means a/the request of a/the customer, isn't it?
- Eviction of temporary residents at request of tenant and members of tenant's family. Why at the request isn't used?
- This mod was developed by request of Marcel Dawson in Qustions & Answers section of LinkedIn. Why not 'the' request?
- The separator can be built on customer request with carbon steel, stainless steel AISI 304, stainless steel AISI 316. Why not on a/the customer request?