I would use no 'a'. It is a bit odd; it would be more usual if it read like this: Not every brokerage firm has a facility for Nasdaq trading. I think you mean a 'brokerage' firm (a broking firm negotiates sales and purchases of businesses according to my dictionary).
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Mister MicawberI would use no 'a'. It is a bit odd; it would be more usual if it read like this:Not every brokerage firm has a facility for Nasdaq trading.Thanks for the reply Mr. Micawber
Anonymous, but can a bid odd or a bit unusual sentence be grammatically incorrect as well and should be avoided?Many grammatically correct structures can be built but would never be used. My job here as much as anything is to tell students whether the sentence they have carefully built to the specifications of grammar rules are actually used in native compos
Mister Micawber My job here as much as anything is to tell students whether the sentence they have carefully built to the specifications of grammar rules are actually used in native composition.Thanks Sire. But every non-native English speaker cannot write or speak in native composition or accent, I think that is why the grammar rules are there. Do not you fe
Anonymous I think that is why the grammar rules are there.Not at all; the 'rules' are (or should be) merely observations of how the language works.
AnonymousDo not you feel what finally matters is whether the sentence or related things make sense or not, is coherent or not and in right syntax or not?Of course—that's why I
Mister Micawber Anonymous I think that is why the grammar rules are there.Not at all; the 'rules' are (or should be) merely observations of how the language works.AnonymousDo not you feel what finally matters is whether the sentence or related things make sense or not, is coherent or not and in right syntax or not?Of course—that's why I gave you this: Not every brokerage