III. Countable and Uncountable Nouns: Common grammatical errors

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: I want plate to serve her food.

Correct: I want a/the plate to serve her food.

GRAMMAR:

• Countable singular nouns must have a determiner like definite/indefinte articles (the,a/an).
• Countable singular nouns can also stand with other determiners like this, that, my, your, one, two, etc.
• With Countable singular noun, use "the", if you are speaking about a definite thing different from other things.
• With Countable singular noun, use "a", if it is used in general sense or when it is not distinguished from other things.