|   
			ESL Forum: 
			
			
			
			Techniques and methods 
			in Language Teaching 
			
			Games, activities 
			and teaching ideas 
			
			Grammar and 
			Linguistics 
			
			
			Teaching material 
			
			
			Concerning 
			worksheets 
			
			
			Concerning 
			powerpoints 
			
			
			Concerning online 
			exercises 
			
			
			Make suggestions, 
			report errors 
			
			
			Ask for help 
			
			
			
			Message board 
			  
			
			
			
			
			 | 
 		
		
		ESL forum >
		
		
		Grammar and Linguistics > help please?     
			
		 help please? 
		
			| 
				
					| 
					
					
 
 uyumlu
 
   | 
						
							| help please? 
 |  
							| I �m alittle bit confused I appreciate if you can help me 
 Which one is correct? 
 The Everest is the highest mountain 
 Everest is the highest mountain |  13 Dec 2013      
					
					 |  |  
			| 
 
					
					
					
				 
 |  
			| 
				
					| 
					
					
 
 fletsch
 
   | 
						
							| I would say "Mount Everest is the highest mountain".  Second, if we are already naming several others, I might say "Everest is the highest one." 
 "The Everest" may be grammatically correct, but it is not natural English.
 
 |  13 Dec 2013     
					
                     |  |  
			| 
				
					| 
					
					
 
 halil ibrahim
 
   | 
						
							| Everest is the highest mountain in the world � � is correct one, because  if a mountain is not a chain mountain, it doesn �t take  � �the � � |  13 Dec 2013     
					
                     |  |  
			| 
				
					| 
					
					
 
 meriem38
 
   | 
						
							| I think that the use of the article the here is more correct as the everest is unique like  the sun ,the Moon or the pyramids  . When we have something  special in its kind we use  "the" 
 
 |  13 Dec 2013     
					
                     |  |  
			| 
				
					| 
					
					
 
 douglas
 
   | 
						
							| "Everest is the highest mountain...." 
 (Everest is a proper name of a single mountain--you also wouldn �t say "The Douglas is  a nice guy." |  13 Dec 2013     
					
                     |  |  
			| 
				
					| 
					
					
 
 rilum2013
 
   | 
						
							| HELLO EVERYBODY: 
 AS I SEE IT WE SHOULD SAY: THE EVEREST IS ..... 
 BECAUSE THIS MONTAIN IS A UNIQUE ELEMENT LIKE THE SUN, THE MOON,...ETC 
 
 |  13 Dec 2013     
					
                     |  |  
			| 
				
					| 
					
					
 
 manonski (f)
 
   | 
						
							| Why don �t you go with "Mount Everest is the highest..." When in doubt, modify the sentence. That �s my strategy.
  
 |  13 Dec 2013     
					
                     |  |  
			|  |  
			|  |  
			| 
				
					| 
					
					
 
 cunliffe
 
   | 
						
							| Apparently, it �s K2, not Everest. |  14 Dec 2013     
					
                     |  |  
	
	   |