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Osee Posted 18 years ago
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be risk of or be a risk of

But that is not the way it normally does business, and there is risk of angering Yahoo's employees.

This sentence comes from a news. But I thought there should be an article a or the before the word risk, namely, is a risk of or is the risk of. Do you think so? Thanks.
  

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I would use 'a', but it's optional here. I think that if you were to modify risk, you would need one article or the other. ]

  • I would use 'a', but it's optional here.
  • I think that if you were to modify risk, you would need one article or the other.
  • ]
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I would use 'a', but it's optional here. I think that if you were to modify risk, you would need one article or the other. [You always run the/a risk of catching a cold if you don't dress warmly while outdoors in the winter.]

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