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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Correct or not no. 74: a birthday?

Dear All,

I've just seen this sentence:

He has a birthday today.

Shouldn't it be: He has birthday today. ?

If not, then what about:

It's my birthday today.

Does the adjective (or posessive pronoun) my replace the preposition?

Thank you
  

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Perfect Stranger Shouldn't it be: He has birthday today. No. Perfect Stranger Does the adjective (or posessive pronoun) my replace the preposition?

— GPY

  • Perfect Stranger Shouldn't it be: He has birthday today.
  • No.
  • Perfect Stranger Does the adjective (or posessive pronoun) my replace the preposition?
  • Do you mean replace the article ?
  • If so, yes.
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Perfect StrangerShouldn't it be: He has birthday today. ?
No.
Perfect StrangerDoes the adjective (or posessive pronoun) my replace the preposition?
Do you mean replace the article? If so, yes.

Being a singular countable noun, "birthday" requires an article or other determiner.
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