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Mack&Mack Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

A good time & good music

0 You say "Have a good time!" 02br
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00There is "a" before good time because it is one of the times which can be good, bad, terrilbe or something. Right? 02br
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00And in the textbook I look at there is a sentence saying "Green music is good music." 02br
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00Why isn't there the article "a" before "good music"? 02br
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00I'm wondering why. 02br
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00Thanks in advance. =) 0-
  

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0 It's because music is uncountable. You cannot have 01i 00a02i 00 good music, nor musics. 0-

— Miche

  • 0 It's because music is uncountable.
  • You cannot have 01i 00a02i 00 good music, nor musics.
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0 It's because music is uncountable. You cannot have 01i00a02i00 good music, nor musics. 0-
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0 Thanks Miche for giving me an answer. 02br
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00But, I think as I wrote an example about "time" above, "time" is also an uncountable none, isn't it? 0-
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0 But, I think as I wrote an example about "time" above, "time" is also an uncountable none, isn't it? 02br
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00This meaning of 'time' is different than clock time, M&M. This is like, 02br
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00I had a good occasion. OR I had a good event. 02br
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0 This is from Longman: 02br
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0038 [countable] a good time, bad time, difficult time, etc is a period or part of your life when you have good, bad, difficult etc experiences: This was the happiest time of her life. | have a good/great/fantastic time (=enjoy yourself a lot): Thanks for the meal - we both had a really g
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0 OIC. So 'music' can't be a countalbe noun whereas 'time' can be a countable one. 02br
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00Thanks again! - for all the answers you've posted out. =) 0-
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