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Hi Neil,

Let me see if I go right:

...if examined closely THE nuclear power plant seems to even tighten THE embrace of our "big brother" (that's how Russia IS sometimes called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get A workforce to build and support THE power plant, money to build it and THE nuclear fuel from Russia...

Hope I am correct, the sentence is little complex and seems incomplete.

Looking forward to hear your opinion.

Best Wishes,
Rajeeb

Hi, Neil,

Thanks for your post. Your write-up have made Nick's latest blog even cleaner. Surely, I couldn't find any problems from the Nick's blog. His articles are almost perfect for me. Let me have a try. See can I find the few problems you've mentioned.

...if examined closely A nuclear power plant seems to even tighten AN embrace of our "big brother" (that's how Russia IS sometimes called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get A workforce to build and support THE power plant, money to build it and nuclear fuel from Russia...

I'm not sure that I'm right or not. I changed and added them base on after reading the "the definite article" and the "the indefinite article" webpages you linked above.

Hope everyone enjoy learning English. Rajeeb, Thanks for your comment! Thanks Neil once again! I've learned some new vocabularies from this blog.

Blessings,
Sai-fung (Hong Kong)

Hi Neil

Thank you for your blog which seems very useful and inspire me to pay more attention to the articles in my writings.
I’d like to try to correct those mistakes that you have noticed.

...if examined closely A nuclear power plant seems to even tighten AN embrace of our "big brother" (that's how Russia is sometimes called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get A workforce to build and support THE power plant, money to build it and nuclear fuel from Russia...

I’m not sure whether the articles above are correct or not, so I’m looking forward to reading your next blog with the correction in it.

Best regards

Krisztina from Hungary

The challange on articles is for me rather tricky. I am actually not sure about how to improve Nike sentenses. Hoping not to introduce to many new errors, my suggestion would be:

...if examined closely THE nuclear power plant seems to even tighten embrace of our "big brother" (that's how Russia IS sometimes called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get workforce to build IT and support to THE power plant, money to build it and nuclear fuel from Russia...


See you soon.
Best wishes

Corinna from Italy

Hello Neil,

To use articles properly is my main grammar problem. They are so small ha ha ha and often I just forgetting to use them. After, if I have possibility to recheck what I wrote,of course I notice all errors. I can say, that to use them correctly is not so easy deal for us, It needs to be sophisticated in English and after you will fluently put them in the right place. It's just as habit,very alike of it.

Now the sentence.Let see could I correct it as it should be:
...if examined closely a nuclear power plant seems (to) even tighten to embrace our "big brother" (that's how is Russia sometimes called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get a workforce to build and support the power plant, money to build it and a nuclear fuel from Russia...

Sofiko

Hello Neil,

To use the articles properly is my main grammar problem. They are so small ha ha ha and often I just forgetting to use them. After, if I have possibility rechecked what I write,of course I notice all errors. I can say, that to use them correctly is not so easy deal for us, It needs to be sophisticated in English and after you will fluently put them in the right place. It's just as an habit,very alike of it.

Now the sentence.Let see could I correct it as it should be:
...if examined closely a nuclear power plant seems (to) even tighten to embrace our "big brother" (that's how is Russia sometimes called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get a workforce to build and support the power plant, money to build it and a nuclear fuel from Russia...

I rechecked it and find some errors as I waited it to be. I am sure you will find more :-)

Sofiko

Thanks for your reply, Neil, and sorry for being a bit late with my comment.

You are straight to the point on my issue! contrast between cosy greenfields and a nuclear station of awesome power is really sort of a strange thing.

As for those articles... Thanks a lot for your helpful materials! I think it should be a bit better now (that means you`ll be more likely to tick off redundant rather than omitted ones ;)

Trick with those articles (for me) is the following: I rarely do grammar check on every sentence, I just follow my mind (somehow it manages to tell correct things from incorrect ones) and it usually works well - lets call it "language intuition". It is almost the same in Russian. But not with English articles and some other stuff I encounter difficulties with...

Anyways, it would be boring here without mistakes and corrections!

To the sentence you cited:

>>...if examined closely nuclear power plant seems to even tighten embrace of our "big brother" (that's how is Russia sometimes called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get workforce to build and support power plant, money to build it and nuclear fuel from Russia...

I would suggest these corrections:

WHEN examined closely, A nuclear power plant MAY WELL MAKE THE embrace of our "big brother" (that's HOW WE CALL Russia sometimes HERE in Belarus) EVEN TIGHTER. Why? THAT IS Simple: we get A workforce to build and support THE power plant, THE money to build it and A nuclear fuel from Russia...

...if examined closely the nuclear power plant seems to even tighten an embrace of our "big brother" (that's how sometimes Russia were called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get workforce to build and support the power plant, money to build it and nuclear fuel from Russia...

Everybody eager to find a way out of energy options but nobody seems to think of how to reduce using it. This is global problem and there are 2 choices for us better or worse.

Jow

Hello Neil,
For the first time, I tried to answer your challenge. I began, a short while ago, to learn English. For me, your blog is really a opportunity to progress.

...if examined closely THE nuclear power plant seems to even tighten embrace of our "big brother" (that's how is Russia sometimes called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get A workforce to build and support THE power plant, money to build it and THE nuclear fuel from Russia...
I suppose there are several mistakes in my answer but I had a try.
Thank you for your care.
Best regards.
Hembise

Hello Neil,

It is my first time here, pretty nervous. I found your blog of interest and I hope I will be able to improve my writing skill.

...if examined closely a nuclear power plant seems to even tighten embrace of our "big brother"(that's how is the Russia sometimes called in Belarus). Why? Simple: we get the workforce to built and support the power plant, money to built and a nuclear fuel from Russia...

Bell