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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Complicate pizza question
Hi. I figure the questions here might not be easy ones to answer, but I would appreciate your help. I think with the word "pizza," we can either use the indefinite article "a" with the phrase "frozen pizza" or not. For example, I think both "I ate frozen pizza" and "I ate a frozen pizza" are correct.
Now my question is if we can use both, what goes into consideration when deciding which to use, one with or without the indefinite article?
But I think when we have words like "oven-cooked" in front of the word "pizza," we should place the indefinite article "a" in front of the whole phrase, thus it becoming "an oven-cooked pizza." And we should have sentences like "I ate an oven-baked pizza yesterday." To me, it's because it's easier to see it as a type with the words "oven-cooked" than "frozen."
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One more question: Which is correct? "It's holiday season" or "It's a holiday season"? I think the word "season" is countable, so one without "a" should be correct, but I have heard and seen one with "a" more often. Thank you in advance for your help.
Now my question is if we can use both, what goes into consideration when deciding which to use, one with or without the indefinite article?
But I think when we have words like "oven-cooked" in front of the word "pizza," we should place the indefinite article "a" in front of the whole phrase, thus it becoming "an oven-cooked pizza." And we should have sentences like "I ate an oven-baked pizza yesterday." To me, it's because it's easier to see it as a type with the words "oven-cooked" than "frozen."
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One more question: Which is correct? "It's holiday season" or "It's a holiday season"? I think the word "season" is countable, so one without "a" should be correct, but I have heard and seen one with "a" more often. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Anonymous I think both "I ate frozen pizza" and "I ate a frozen pizza" are correct. If you ate the whole thing, they are synonymous, yes. Anonymous Now my question is if we can use both, what goes into consideration when deciding which to use, one with or without the indefinite article?
- Anonymous I think both "I ate frozen pizza" and "I ate a frozen pizza" are correct.
- If you ate the whole thing, they are synonymous, yes.
- Anonymous Now my question is if we can use both, what goes into consideration when deciding which to use, one with or without the indefinite article?
- Whether you're thinking of the object (countable) or the assembled ingredients (uncountable).
- " A No, I don't see that necessity.
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Anonymous I think both "I ate frozen pizza" and "I ate a frozen pizza" are correct.If you ate the whole thing, they are synonymous, yes.
AnonymousNow my question is if we can use both, what goes into consideration when deciding which to use, one with or without the indefinite article?Whether you're thinking of the object (
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