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Victorycountry Posted 21 years ago
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Article "a""
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00 I need help on the indefinite article "a". 02 br
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00 If I say, "Liverpool is a big football club", does it mean that "Liverpool is a big club in size"? or 02 br
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00 does it mean "Liverpool is one of the big clubs in the World". Even though, I think it's depending on how I say or how I mean, I just want to be sure about this. 02 br
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00 By the way, you can't really say, "Liverpool is big football club"? (without "a") or if you can say such a phrase, does it mean "Liverpool is a big football club in general"? It seems a little strange though. 02 br
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00 If I say, "I am going to Library", does it mean that "I am going to read/study in a certain place"? like in "I am going to school", and 02 br
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00 if I say, "I am going to a library", does it mean "I am going to any library?" 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance. 0-
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00 I need help on the indefinite article "a". 02 br
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00 If I say, "Liverpool is a big football club", does it mean that "Liverpool is a big club in size"? or 02 br
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00 does it mean "Liverpool is one of the big clubs in the World". Even though, I think it's depending on how I say or how I mean, I just want to be sure about this. 02 br
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00 By the way, you can't really say, "Liverpool is big football club"? (without "a") or if you can say such a phrase, does it mean "Liverpool is a big football club in general"? It seems a little strange though. 02 br
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00 If I say, "I am going to Library", does it mean that "I am going to read/study in a certain place"? like in "I am going to school", and 02 br
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00 if I say, "I am going to a library", does it mean "I am going to any library?" 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance. 0-
Top answer
0 "... is big football club" and "... going to library" are impossible.
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- is big football club" and "...
- going to library" are impossible.
- 02 br 02 br 00 A noun which is singular and countable must have a determiner, usually "a(n)" or "the".
- There are a few exceptions, as in "...
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0 "... is big football club" and "... going to library" are impossible. 02 br
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00 A noun which is singular and countable must have a determiner, usually "a(n)" or "the". There are a few exceptions, as in "... going to school", but not many. 02 br
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00 If the noun is not singular ("... are big football clubs") or the noun is not countable ("... is good
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00 A noun which is singular and countable must have a determiner, usually "a(n)" or "the". There are a few exceptions, as in "... going to school", but not many. 02 br
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00 If the noun is not singular ("... are big football clubs") or the noun is not countable ("... is good
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0 Just to pick up on the 'big' question: in a Liverpool context, it would mean 'a big football club' as in 'a very famous football club', or 'a football club with a long and impressive history', or 'an important football club'. 02 br
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00 If you were talking about a 'club' in a social context, though, it would probably mean 'having a lot of members': 02 br
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00 If you were talking about a 'club' in a social context, though, it would probably mean 'having a lot of members': 02 br
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