At least you're making progress
I just found an example sentence "At least you're making progress". I'm wondering why there is no article before "progress"? I think it should be "At least you're making a progress". "Progress" is a noun, right? Am I wrong or the sentence without an article is incorrect?
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The sentence is correct. The noun "progress" is uncountable so cannot take the indefinite article (there may be certain special or unusual exceptions). "make progress" is a set phrase.
- The sentence is correct.
- The noun "progress" is uncountable so cannot take the indefinite article (there may be certain special or unusual exceptions).
- "make progress" is a set phrase.
- There is no article in the plain phrase.
- Definite article or other determiner may be possible in extended forms: "make some progress" "make the progress that we hoped for"
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The sentence is correct.
The noun "progress" is uncountable so cannot take the indefinite article (there may be certain special or unusual exceptions).
"make progress" is a set phrase. There is no article in the plain phrase. Definite article or other determiner may be possible in extended forms:
"make some progress"
"make the progress that we hoped for"
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