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Englishnewbie Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
"conceptualization of"
Hello, Is conceptualization countable or uncountable?
IS it
We try to give an accurate conceptualization of something.
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We try to give the accurate conceptualization of something.
Thanks.
IS it
We try to give an accurate conceptualization of something.
or
We try to give the accurate conceptualization of something.
Thanks.
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I should say the aboveask'd word is rather uncountable, at least in your case, although wiktionary signifies plurality, namely 'conceptualisations'. ' without involving any article afore the word.
- I should say the aboveask'd word is rather uncountable, at least in your case, although wiktionary signifies plurality, namely 'conceptualisations'.
- ' without involving any article afore the word.
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I should say the aboveask'd word is rather uncountable, at least in your case, although wiktionary signifies plurality, namely 'conceptualisations'.
I myself should say 'We try/endeavour to give accurate conceptualisation of what has just been mention'd.' without involving any article afore the word.
I myself should say 'We try/endeavour to give accurate conceptualisation of what has just been mention'd.' without involving any article afore the word.
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Is it ok to use NO article in front of words like this when used with "of"?
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Is it ok to use NO article in front of words like this when used with "of"?englishnewbie
First of all, semantically, "an accurate conceptualization" don't really have a whole lot of significant meaning in my opinion. But I'll come back to that. When we build a sentence where a noun is involved, we have to use an article, whether
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So how should I write
They provide a conceptualization of ***.
They provide conceptualization of ***.
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They provide a conceptualization of ***.
They provide conceptualization of ***.
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I supposed you didn't quite understand what I tried to explain.
Conceptualization - is a noun. You need an article in front of it. However,
Conceptualization - is a noun. You need an article in front of it. However,
englishnewbieThey provide a conceptualization of ***.This is not a well conceived sentence because it has no relative meaning.
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How come there is no article in front of conceptualization even though there is "of"?
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The noun "conceptualization" can be both countable and uncountable in my understanding.
When countable, it denotes a concept; a single instance of "conceptualizing" with the direct result thereof,
When uncountable, it denotes the entire process of "conceptualizing" in and of itself.
Having said that, "provide a conceptualization of X" works for me with the first meaning.
When countable, it denotes a concept; a single instance of "conceptualizing" with the direct result thereof,
When uncountable, it denotes the entire process of "conceptualizing" in and of itself.
Having said that, "provide a conceptualization of X" works for me with the first meaning.
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