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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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A great happiness or great happiness?
''I'm feeling A great happiness'' or ''I'm feeling great happiness''
I know 'happiness' is uncountable noun which doesn't go with an indefinite article, so.
I know 'happiness' is uncountable noun which doesn't go with an indefinite article, so.
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I find both acceptable. As you say, happiness is uncountable, which would mean zero article. However, an adjectival attribute often causes an indefinite article to be used before nouns that don't normally take an article — or take the definite article.
- I find both acceptable.
- As you say, happiness is uncountable, which would mean zero article.
- However, an adjectival attribute often causes an indefinite article to be used before nouns that don't normally take an article — or take the definite article.
- Examples: He has a good knowledge of history.
- I had lunch with him.
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I find both acceptable. As you say, happiness is uncountable, which would mean zero article. However, an adjectival attribute often causes an indefinite article to be used before nouns that don't normally take an article — or take the definite article. Examples:
He has a good knowledge of history.
I had lunch with him.
I had an early lunch
He has a good knowledge of history.
I had lunch with him.
I had an early lunch
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AnonymousI'm feeling a great happinessI am experiencing a particular quality of happiness, or a particular occasion of feeling happy.
AnonymousI'm feeling great happinessI am very happy (in the same general way that I feel happy).
CJ
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