ARTICLES - 09

 

ARTICLES - 09

1. I have to go home early this evening.

BUT

I have to go to the principal’s home today.

His son was brought up in an orphan’s home.

2. We will appoint her (as) manager of our company.

She was appointed (as) manager of our company three months ago.

BUT

We must appoint a day to meet again.

Let’s appoint a committee for the enquiry.

3. The post of principal of the theatre school has been vacant for three months.

He eventually rose to the rank of captain.

She held the title of world champion for three years

4. Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time.

Mercury will be visible again in the evening sky in May and June.

Similarly

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus

BUT

the moon, the sun, the earth etc

[Down to earth, what on earth, move heaven and earth, four corners of the earth or salt of the earth]

My brother was born in Earth sixty years ago.

[Earth is a small, rural city in Lamb County, West Texas, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 1,065]

5. Common symptoms of diabetes are weight loss and fatigue.

[influenza, pneumonia etc BUT (the) flue, (the) plague, (the) mumps, (the) measles]

5a. She was suffering from a headache.

I tried taking tablets for the headache but they didn't have any effect.

[a cold, a sore-throat BUT earache, toothache, stomach-ache, backache]

6. His favourite recreations are golf and playing Scrabble. 

[cricket, football, chess etc]

7.  One can travel there by ship or plane. Most people choose the latter.

[by car, by bus, by road, by air, by sea, by rail, by letter, by post, by phone, by radio, by cheque, by credit card BUT in a car, in the car, in my car, on the train, on the radio, over the phone.] 

8. Note the omission of the:

at dawn, at daybreak, at midnight, at noon, at night, by night [in the night], by day, at sunrise, at sunset, set foot, on foot, send word, on sale, on demand, on strike, lose heart, by heart, at heart, in jest, by hand etc.