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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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a nothing or a something

0Hi,02br
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00Can the pronouns "nothing " or "something" take on "a" in front?02br
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01i00a something?02i02br
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01i00a nothing?02i02br
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00Any examples?0-
  

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0I don't think "nothing" and "something" can take any articles.0-
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0Thank you.02br
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00How about here?02br
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01i00This is a something of value02i00. 02br
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00 No "a" there?0-
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0 You're welcome.02br
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00Technically speaking, I have never seen "a something" being used.02br
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00As for your sentence, I think 01i00This is something of value.02i00 is good enough.02br
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00However, I know 01i00This is a little something.02i00 is correct.0-
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