This is a special style of newspaper headlines. Articles, auxiliary verbs and "be" are often left out to save space.
Actor dies. (An actor has died.)
There's no generalization at all.
I quoted extensively from Quirk et al's book on English grammar in one of my recent answers on ELL StackExchange, and a thought came to me: what is the maximum amount beyond which a quotation might infringe upon the copyright?
I don't want for my answers to be lost because someday some copyrigh...
And a simple image that solidifies what everyone has said already :)
If I were to join the Communist Party someday (something that, in turn, I am making dependent on one last twist of fate), my stance would be to behave always radically and never logically when it came to the most important things.
Could you please clarify to me the passage in the brackets in th...
I already chose oerkelens' answer but I found something useful while reading Swan's Book. I think it's very helpful and thus answering here.
With certain uncountable nouns – especially nouns referring to human emotions and mental activity – we often use a/an when we are limiting their meaning in...
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