exercise 1. insert articles where necessary.
(a) whirling, talking, 11 d began to room 109. from quality of class's excitement mark prosser guessed it would rain. he had been high school for three years, yet his students still impressed him, they were such sensitive animals. they reacted so infallibly mere barometric pressure.
(b) mark hadn't noticed exactly rain started, but it was coming down hard now. he moved around room with window pole, closing windows and pulling down shades. he began to talk to gloria in crisp voice that, like his device of shutting windows, was intended to protect them both embarrassment.
«and about… love." love" is one words that illustrate what has happened old, overworked language. these days, with movie stars and preachers and psychiatrists all word, it has come to mean nothing, vague fondness for something. in this sense, i lovedesk, you. it means nothing, you see, whereas word signified explicit thing – desire to share all you want and are with someone else. it time we new word to mean that, and when you think word you want to use, i suggest that you be economical with it. treat it as something you can use only once, if not for your own sake, good language».