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HSS Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A(n) + Number Followed by No Noun
Hi.
You would say, "I achieved an 89 on the test," or "I achieved 89 on the test." I wonder if there are more examples than scores that could take "a(n) + figure" followed by no noun.
Hiro/ Sendai, Japan
You would say, "I achieved an 89 on the test," or "I achieved 89 on the test." I wonder if there are more examples than scores that could take "a(n) + figure" followed by no noun.
Hiro/ Sendai, Japan
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I use the article. All the examples I can think of at the moment are scores of a sort.
- I use the article.
- All the examples I can think of at the moment are scores of a sort.
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I use the article. All the examples I can think of at the moment are scores of a sort.
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I don't consider it wrong to omit the article, and I'm sure I do from time to time. I can't say exactly what makes the difference as to whether I do or don't.
I don't consider it wrong to omit the article, and I'm sure I do from time to time. I can't say exactly what makes the difference as to whether I do or don't.
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I just thought ... maybe you'd say "you scored an excellent 82" more often than "you scored excellent 82." wouldn't you?
In ham radio, we say, "You are a big 59 (readability 5, signal strength 9) into Sendai, Japan. I guess I hear it right. But it could be just "big 59" without "a." I'm not sure.
Hiro
In ham radio, we say, "You are a big 59 (readability 5, signal strength 9) into Sendai, Japan. I guess I hear it right. But it could be just "big 59" without "a." I'm not sure.
Hiro
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Hi,
He's an outstanding sprinter. Yesterday in the 100, he ran a 10.2.
Clive
He's an outstanding sprinter. Yesterday in the 100, he ran a 10.2.
Clive
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HSSI just thought ... maybe you'd say "you scored an excellent 82" more often than "you scored excellent 82." wouldn't you?I meant to ask if you may us
In ham radio, we say, "You are a big 59 (readability 5, signal strength 9) into Sendai, Japan. I guess I hear it right. But it could be just "big 59" without "a." I'm not sure.
Hiro
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HSS But it could be just "big 59" without "a." I'm not sure.
I meant to ask if you may use "a" more often if an adjective is added before the number. I'd always use "a/an" before an adjective "added before the number."
I agree with Clive, but of course special modes of communication often adopt their own conventions.
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