Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from  14.12.2014 17:46   
   about cat and dog.   
      
    ak>> Meat is uncountable like milk and is used without any article.   
      
    AH> Usually... but not always. In our household you might also hear me   
    AH> say (in my capacity as chief cook & bottle washer) "I'll get around   
    AH> to that as soon as I've put away the meat & the milk I just brought   
    AH> home from the grocery store." Having worked in the restaurant   
    AH> business, I attach a high priority to safe food handling... and I   
    AH> specify which meat & milk I'm referring to so that other family   
    AH> members know I'm not neglecting them if they have to wait awhile.   
      
   Well, I got heated when I said "without any article". ;) I meant "a" only.   
   Actually, of course, "the" can be used with any noun.   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   ENGLISH_TUTOR 2014   
      
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