Read the text and answer the questions alongside it. SCEPTICAL MAGICIAN Dr Robin West is a leading British parapsychologist

1 The author wants to say that he belongs to a professional group, he is one of them.

2 The author doesn’t mean all spirits, only “the spirits of the dead”, that’s why “the” is used.

3 It’s an adjective, although it seems to be a noun. “The” is used to show that a certain group of people is meant.

4 It is a common expression and it is used without articles. If we use the definite article it will change the meaning and attention will focus not on the fact of holding hands but on whose hands are meant.

5 A circle - the noun is mentioned for the first time and the indefinite article is used, the circle - they were already sitting in the circle and the reader knows which circle the author is talking about.

6 No, it can’t, because research is uncountable.