Question

Exercise 14, insert articles where necessary. (articles with names of hotels, streets, ships, and newspapers.) 1. she nodded __ command to __ footman, and they drove off westward, down __ strand, and so into __ little side street by __ charing cross. (bennett) 2. i am going to folkestone to-day, and shall stay at __ metropole. (bennett) 3. they were excited because they had been dining with __ editor of __ times, and had been given __ glimpse of next day's paper. (snow) 4. she sat in her superb private drawing room at __ hotel cecil. 5. __ boys loved him because he told them that __ navy had borrowed him from __ u. s. army just in time to blow taps on __ maine as she was sinking, and he remained long after everyone including — captain had abandoned __ ship. (wilson) 6. he began to walk very rapidly up towards __ trafalgar square. (greene) 7. he went out and ate __ ices at __ pastry-cook's shop in __ charing cross; tried __ new coat in __ pall mall; and called for __ captain cannon, played eleven games at __ billiards with __ captain, and returned to __ russell square. (thackeray) 8. __ street was empty, unlighted save by __ reflection from __ grandlieu street behind (faulkner) 9. in 1905 __ revolt broke out on __ potem- kin, one of __ battleships of __ black sea fleet. 10. yet, in — bright drawing room in __ lord north street, all he was thinking was what __ telegraph, __ guardian, the popular press, would say next day. (snow)

Answer 1

1. She nodded _a_ command to _the_ footman, and they drove off westward, down _the_ Strand, and so into _a_ little side street by __ Charing Cross. (Bennett) 2. I am going to Folkestone to-day, and shall stay at _the_ Metropole. (Bennett) 3. They were excited because they had been dining with _the_ editor of _The_ Times, and had been given _a_ glimpse of next day's paper. (Snow) 4. She sat in her superb private drawing room at _the_ Hotel Cecil. 5. _The_ boys loved him because he told them that _the_ Navy had borrowed him from _the_ U. S. Army just in time to blow taps on _the_ Maine as she was sinking, and he remained long after everyone including — captain had abandoned _the_ ship. (Wilson) 6. He began to walk very rapidly up towards __ Trafalgar Square. (Greene) 7. He went out and ate __ ices at a_ pastry-cook's shop in __ Charing Cross; tried _a_ new coat in __ Pall Mall; and called for __ Captain Cannon, played eleven games at __ billiards with _the_ captain, and returned to __ Russell Square. (Thackeray) 8. _The_ street was empty, unlighted save by _a_ reflection from __ Grandlieu Street behind them... (Faulkner) 9. In 1905 _a_ revolt broke out on _the_ Potemkin, one of _the_ battleships of _the_ Black Sea Fleet. 10. Yet, in — bright drawing room in __ Lord North Street, all he was thinking of... was what _The_ Telegraph, _The_ Guardian, the popular press, would say next day. (Snow)