definite article - "At the table" or "at a table" - English Language ...
网页If you're in a place where there might be several tables or many tables, you'd normally say "a table". Once you identify a table, it becomes "the table". Like, "I'm sitting at a table in a restaurant. The table is pretty small." It's "a" at first mention, but after that it becomes "the". Note the listener doesn't have to know anything about the ...
wh questions - What is on the table vs. What are on the table
网页2021年9月3日 · What are on the table? Grammarly says it should change to is however, if I modify the sentence slightly by adding these or those then it will be correct. What are these on the table? What are those on the table? My question is, if I am talking about plural nouns on a table why do I not use are unless the Demonstrative Adjectives are used.
"at" in "at the table" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
网页1. at the table. is just giving a location (or some identifier) in the room. Could be "at the counter" or "at the back of the room". What's on the table is not mentioned. So if you said: You can pick up your dessert at the last table. it is telling you which table (location). It would be presumed that the "dessert" is on that table.
articles - Is this sentence correct? ( on a table or on the table ...
网页2020年3月16日 · There is a book on a table. It says that any random book is on any random table. The article a is used to represent common nouns. Therefore, this sentence represents randomness in terms of both table and book. Let's take the other case. There is a book on the table. Here, the book is still a random object but the table is being specified.
vocabulary - SIT or SET yourself at the table - English Language ...
网页2. meaning to cause to sit or to seat. 3. with a reflexive pronoun as the direct object. In sum, the meaning in both sentences is Cause yourself to sit down at the table or Seat yourself at the table. However, it is important to note. 1) Set and sit both have a long history in English (we're talking since the 700s or 800s).
sit at/at the table - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
网页2016年5月28日 · 2. "Go to church" means going to pray, attend a worship service, and so on. "Go to bed" means going to sleep. Both of these have to do with the most common activity associated with a location. "Sit at table" does too. It means going to eat a meal. To sit at table to be at table for eating.
grammar - "Sitting at" vs "sitting by" - English Language Learners ...
网页1. at can also imply "facing" whereas by can imply either a sideways orientation or simply proximity. The mountaineer was sitting at his fire. Grandma was sitting by the fire, knitting booties for her granddaughter. Many speakers might use by even if Grandma was close to the hearth and facing the fire. But few would use at if Grandma was ...
definite article - "the legs of the table" vs "the table's legs ...
网页2018年7月13日 · (A) the table's legs (B) table's legs (C) legs of the table (D) the legs of the table...which says the right answer is D. But I think A is also acceptable. What do you think? Thanks. Related but not a duplicate: Which is correct, “The carpenter repaired the legs of the tables” or “The carpenter repaired legs of the tables”
grammar - Is it OK to say "a cat is on the table"? - English …
网页2021年10月23日 · Beyond that age, the only correct answer is simply "A cat" Of course "A cat is on the table" is grammatically correct but even suggesting, let alone preferring that over simply "A cat" will 99% surely be suggested only by a non-native speaker. – Robbie Goodwin. Oct 24, 2021 at 20:25.
Difference between "work at the table" and "work the table"
网页The difference is that "worked the table" means that "being at the table" was the work, but "worked at the table" means that "you did some other kind of work while at the table". In this case "the table" is a special table set up with flags and books. And the job is to be at the table and represent HERO.
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