A countable noun w/o a deterrniner? a mistake?

0 I think "depending on/upon location" is a kind of idiomatic phrase. If I'm correct, we cannot give a grammatical explanation to the use of location without "THE" or "A". They also say "depending on size", "depending on color", "depending on carrier", "depending on source", "depending on environment", etc..02br
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0 01i00location02i00 is being used as an abstract generic here.02br
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01i00Location is important when starting a new business.02i02br
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00 Many abstract nouns are used without articles. Nouns which indicate properties (size, color, location, etc.) are frequently used this way.02br

0Thank you. What perplexes me is why my doesn't state this word "location" is an abstract noun or possibly be an idiomatic expression. It said that it is a 1) countable noun and a 2) phrase (on location). In no where there, does it say that it is an abstract noun or an idiomatic expression. Where can I get that information? Does it mean my dictionary doesn't cover all the possible meaning of

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00I agree with you. Dictionaries (OED and Webster) contain "on location" as a US slang to mean "away from the studio (to make movie films)", but they do not mention anything about "depending on location". As far as I checked, that usage of "location" seems to get in fashion quite recently. Gutenberg project contains many (about 5000) English classic book

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00What perplexes me is why my [dictionary] doesn't state this word "location" is an abstract noun or [may] possibly be an idiomatic expression.12blockquote

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00 It's not unusual for a dictionary not to state everything possible about each entry. Dictionaries for native speakers do not usually contain much of this information,