Hello, everyone!
I am about to start work in earnest on a new book project that promises to be very interesting. It will be a book about how to use determiners in English. I hope it will be helpful not only for those people studying for the TOEIC, but also for those who simply would like to take their already excellent English to the next highest level.
To be honest, most native-speaker English teachers shy away from systematically presenting how to use "the, an, a, some, other, etc." This is because for most of us, as native spekers, we instinctively know what "sounds right" in any context. However, we often do not have objectivity about precisely WHY we need to use or not use a given determiner in a certain situation.
My job with this book will be to do my best to demystify determiner usage in English. I can't promise that I can cover every single usage, but I definitely will do my best to write a book that people find valuable and useful.
I also very much look forward to working with Mr. Kaneko of Kenkyusha on this project. I am sure that he will give me many important suggestions. And that is my onegai for you, too. Please send me any questions you have about determiner usage in English. The more challening the question, the better. I'll do my best to answer those questions. And you likely will help me to think about something that as a native speaker of English I may not notice by myself.
Robert 