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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
article and word in quote
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I am not too sure why there has to be the article "a" in front of the word "House Card" in quotation marks.
The instructor will give each person in the room a "House Card."
This is supposed to be part of instructions to be given in playing a card game for an instructional purpose. I think the word "House Card" is capitalized, meaning it has a special meaning or treated as a proper noun. From what I learned, I think an indefinite article, "a", can be used if what is in quotation marks is one of many like "a McDonald."
I am not too sure why there has to be the article "a" in front of the word "House Card" in quotation marks.
The instructor will give each person in the room a "House Card."
This is supposed to be part of instructions to be given in playing a card game for an instructional purpose. I think the word "House Card" is capitalized, meaning it has a special meaning or treated as a proper noun. From what I learned, I think an indefinite article, "a", can be used if what is in quotation marks is one of many like "a McDonald."
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-- Yes, it is the name of a type of card; evidently (from the 'a') there are several of these cards in the game, and this is one of them. "-- The quotation marks have nothing to do with it. We can have a McDonald's (one of the restaurants) with no quotation marks.
- -- Yes, it is the name of a type of card; evidently (from the 'a') there are several of these cards in the game, and this is one of them.
- "-- The quotation marks have nothing to do with it.
- We can have a McDonald's (one of the restaurants) with no quotation marks.
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I think the word "House Card" is capitalized, meaning it has a special meaning or treated as a proper noun.-- Yes, it is the name of a type of card; evidently (from the 'a') there are several of these cards in the game, and this is one of them.
From what I learned, I think an indefinite article, "a", can be used if what is in quotation marks is one of many like "a McDonald.
I think the word "House Card" is capitalized, meaning it has a special meaning or treated as a proper noun.-- Yes, it is the name of a type of card; evidently (from the 'a') there are several of these cards in the game, and this is one of them.
From what I learned, I think an indefinite article, "a", can be used if what is in quotation marks is one of many like "a McDonald.
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Thank you. If the situation is that the instructor has only one such card, then how should we write it?
The instructor will keep (the??) "House Card."
The instructor will keep (the??) "House Card."
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