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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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a smell (countable?)
How do they do it? One possibility is that the nest emits some kind of signal, such as a smell, that they can easily pinpoint.
Q) I was wondering why an article "a" comes before "smell," which is considered a uncountable noun.
Does the meaning change if "a" is omitted?
Q) I was wondering why an article "a" comes before "smell," which is considered a uncountable noun.
Does the meaning change if "a" is omitted?
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moon7296 I was wondering why an article "a" comes before "smell," which is considered a uncountable noun. It is either countable or uncountable. moon7296 Does the meaning change if "a" is omitted?
- moon7296 I was wondering why an article "a" comes before "smell," which is considered a uncountable noun.
- It is either countable or uncountable.
- moon7296 Does the meaning change if "a" is omitted?
- Yes, it would be wrong there, since the text speaks of a specific odor, not a sensation.
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moon7296I was wondering why an article "a" comes before "smell," which is considered a uncountable noun.It is either countable or uncountable.
moon7296Does the meaning change if "a" is omitted?Yes, it would be wrong there, since the text speaks of a specific odor, not a sensation.
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