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Jaleh Posted 10 years ago
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Is this sentence correct garamatically?
"I'm working on investigating the emotional effect of a special music on 10-14 year-old boys and also figure out what component of this music affect them"
  

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jaleh Is this sentence correct garamatically? grammatically? Not exactly.

— CalifJim

  • jaleh Is this sentence correct garamatically?
  • grammatically?
  • Not exactly.
  • "music" is not countable, so it cannot occur with "a".
  • "a music" is wrong.
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jalehIs this sentence correct garamatically? grammatically?
Not exactly. "music" is not countable, so it cannot occur with "a". "a music" is wrong. Use "a kind of music".

This is my version: I'm investigating the emotional effect of a special kind of music on 10-15 year-old boys and trying to determin
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CalifJima special kind of music
Thank you. If I want to tell that I mean one special music (e.g. moonlight) not a gynre of music (e.g. classic music) can I still use your suggestion (a special kind of music) ??
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jaleh can I still use your suggestion (a special kind of music) ??
Yes. Or you could say exactly what kind of music it is. "moonlight music"

CJ
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Many thanksEmotion: rose
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