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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Article use

Is the article required, optional, or wrong in the following sentence, secifically with the use of 'history'?

I have 'a' history with her.
The customer has 'a' history with our company.
He has 'a' bad history with us.

Thanks.

I am assuming that it is required for all of them. Am I correct?
  

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Yes.
(You could say "I have History with her" if you were talking about a class you were taking.)
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AnonymousI am assuming that it is required for all of them. Am I correct?
To me it means event there. And since it's a countable singular name so that article is proper.
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Blue JayYes.(You could say "I have History with her" if you were talking about a class you were taking.)
Thanks for your help. Yes, I can see that the article is not required in this case.

But for my examples does the use of history with the article imply the experience of a single event in the past due to the use of the article or not necessarily wit
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It would indicate some sort of prior interaction, but it doesn't necessarily limit it to a single past event; in fact it would often suggest a series or pattern of events.
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Blue Jay It would indicate some sort of prior interaction, but it doesn't necessarily limit it to a single past event; in fact it would often suggest a series or pattern of events.
Got it. And that series or pattern of events is due to the word 'history', rather than 'event' or a similar word. Right?
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Yes, that's it. It could be based on a single event, but generally it would suggest more than one.
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