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echo: english_tutor
to: ALEXANDER KORYAGIN
from: DALLAS HINTON
date: 2017-09-17 14:52:00
subject: articles are a good subje

Hi alexander -- on Sep 18 2017 at 04:36, you wrote:


ak> Which article should be before "heart" below?

ak> 1. Meldonimum is a drag to make heart healthy.
ak> 2. Meldonimum is a drag to make the heart healthy.  (A human have
ak> only heart?) 3. Meldonimum is a drag to make a heart healthy.

First, I think you mean Meldonium
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meldonium)

Second, I think you mean "drug" not "drag" ? :-)

Thirdly (and what you really wanted to know!) the article could be either "a"
or "the".  Isn't English great? :-)


Cheers... Dallas

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