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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

(a) reading knowledge

All candidates must be fluent in English and must demonstrate reading knowledge of two other modern languages, normally German and French. It is strongly recommended that students enter the program with a reading knowledge of both languages. The level of competence required may be roughly indicated as that to be expected from recent satisfactory completion of second-year college study of the language.

What's the difference between reading knowledge and a reading knowledge?
  

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Certain U nouns related to metal activity can take a/an when we are limiting their menaing in some way. You must have vast knowledge, judging from your answers. You have to have a vast knowledge in the English language to be able to complete this course.

  • Certain U nouns related to metal activity can take a/an when we are limiting their menaing in some way.
  • You must have vast knowledge, judging from your answers.
  • You have to have a vast knowledge in the English language to be able to complete this course.
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Certain U nouns related to metal activity can take a/an when we are limiting their menaing in some way.

You must have vast knowledge, judging from your answers.
You have to have a vast knowledge in the English language to be able to complete this course.
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We native speakers are relatively indifferent to the presence or absence of a in many such situations.
The two usages could even have been switched:

... demonstrate a reading knowledge of two other ...
... enter with reading knowledge of ...


Personally, I prefer a in both cases because it connotes to me a certain amount and kind of knowledge,
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Hi. Please tell me if the definite article "the" before the examples you gave (in italics) would be another option a person who write those could take. Thank you for your help in advance.

You wrote:

We native speakers are relatively indifferent to the presence or absence of a in many such situations. The two usages could even have been switched:

... demonstr

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