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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

birthday gift

I gave my sister a doll as birthday gift.

I gave my sister a doll as a birthday gift.

How about these two? Do they both sound fine too?

Please advise.

LCChang
  

Top answer

Gift is normally countable so sounds odd here in your first sentence.

— Mister Micawber

  • Gift is normally countable so sounds odd here in your first sentence.
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Gift is normally countable so sounds odd here in your first sentence.
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I see. Thanks.

I feel strange too. I saw the first sentence in one of my English textbooks. The letter "a" is probably a missing word.

LCChang
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