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Nugso Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

A/an or Blank?

Hello again everyone. I think we sometimes omit the indefinite articles, a and an that is. For example, I guess either way is OK in the following example:

Don't you ever try to leave in the middle of a game.

Don't you ever try to leave in the middle of game.

Thanks.
  

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Don't you ever try to leave in the middle of a game. You need an article (definite or indefinite).

— AlpheccaStars

  • Don't you ever try to leave in the middle of a game.
  • You need an article (definite or indefinite).
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Don't you ever try to leave in the middle of a game.

You need an article (definite or indefinite).
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Thanks for another quick reply AlpheccaStars. Can you think of any example in which indefinite/definite articles are omitted? Also, why do we write "the" before middle? I always write it but I don't know the reasoning behind it actually.
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Here is one example:

Teacher: Don't interrupt me in the middle of class.

A game has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
All the different sections need to have an article.
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Thanks, AlpheccaStars but why did we omit in the first example but not in the second example?
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Because "class" in this particular sense, is uncountable.
It means a period of time given to a lesson.

Game is always countable.
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Oh, that's why. So we can't really omit the indefinite article(s) when the noun is countable. Thanks!
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