A holiday vs holiday

Hi,

Is Paris a nice place to spend a holiday?

Is Paris a nice place to spend holiday?

Are both sentences above possible? No. You need the article here.

If so, what is the difference between the one with and without article 'a'?

Clive

Hi,

The fisrt one is correct and it has the proper form of article as per the grmmar objectives.

now in second scentence if it would be Holiday's then that scentece would also be correct.

Thanks so much.

Is it not possible to treat 'holiday' in the second sentence as uncountable noun so that the article is not needed?

If not possible, how do we know that the word 'holiday' in a given sentence is countable or uncountable? If you could, please give example of the word as uncountable.

Hi,

The fisrt one is correct and it has the proper form of article as per the grmmar objectives.

now in second scentence if it would be Holiday's holidays then that scentece would also be correct.

Clive

Hi,

Is Paris a nice place to spend a holiday?

Is Paris a nice place to spend holiday?

Is it not possible to treat 'holiday' in the second sentence as uncountable noun so that the article is not needed?

If not possible, how do we know that the word 'holiday' in a given sentence is countable or uncountable? If you could, please give example

Hi Clive,

Thank you for your clarification. The truth is I really need more help with this, but just a couple of questions more. I would be very grateful.

CliveI often go on holiday. (idiomatic use)
I will be on holiday next week. (idiomatic use)

1. I looked up the word in the dictionary, it says it can be uncountable, but I can't figure out whi

Hi,

The truth is I really need more help with this, but just a couple of questions more. I would be very grateful.

Hi Clive,

Thanks a lot for your help. The link you provided was also really helpful.

Have a nice day ahead.