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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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00How can we use the article "a" in front of words like "hello" and "thank-you" with or without quotation marks? If it has quotation marks around it, I take it as being treated as sort of an uncountable noun, but sometimes, I don't see quotation marks; then, how should I take it, a normal phrase pattern or not-so-normal one?02br
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00Can we put the infinite article "a" or "an" in front of any words in quotation marks?02br
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00Dear Joe, 02br
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01u00A "hello"02u00 you said to my sister for her promotion was well received. She expressed her gratitude for your gracious "hello." 02br
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00But 01u00a "let's get to know each other better"02u00 wasn't quite receptive. Sorry.02br
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00Your friend, 02br
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00John0-
  

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02br 00I'd suggest the quotation marks for the longer, less common greetings, but 01i 00thank-you02i 00 at least is a countable noun in its own right (see [url=05000]HERE[/url]) and needs none. q=thank+you&r=66

  • 02br 00I'd suggest the quotation marks for the longer, less common greetings, but 01i 00thank-you02i 00 at least is a countable noun in its own right (see [url=05000]HERE[/url]) and needs none.
  • q=thank+you&r=66
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00I'd suggest the quotation marks for the longer, less common greetings, but 01i00thank-you02i00 at least is a countable noun in its own right (see [url=05000]HERE[/url]) and needs none. 0240hrefhttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=thank+you&r=66
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0 Thank you, Mr. M. How would assess the validity of this use of the articlce "a"? An instance of/example of "let's get to know each other better"? Unlikely it seems. I would be nodding my head for agreement if a decision time for the use of the article "a" for "a 'thank-you' or 'hello' an an example of either of them or an instance of saying "hello" came but something as elaborate as "let's g
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