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Lucas21c Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Could you help me?

I extracted the following sentences from "Transformers," movie.
Could you tell me why there is no 'a' in front of 'message?'

We scattered across the galaxy, hoping to find it and rebuild our home, searching every star, every world. And just when all hope seemed lost, message of a new discovery drew us to an unknown planet called Earth.
  

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I question whether this is actually correct. The writer may be confusing "message" with words like "news" or "word", which do not need an article. If it is correct then it is unusual.

— GPY

  • I question whether this is actually correct.
  • The writer may be confusing "message" with words like "news" or "word", which do not need an article.
  • If it is correct then it is unusual.
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I question whether this is actually correct. The writer may be confusing "message" with words like "news" or "word", which do not need an article. If it is correct then it is unusual.
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GPYIf it is correct then it is unusual.
I agree. It may be to set a slight 'alien' tone to the dialogue.
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