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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Count noun

Hi,

Impulse is a count noun but is used in this way: a slave to impulse (or) on impulse, he bought the gift.

As you can see, it is used without an article even though it is a count noun. Is that alright?

2) Can we use 'sigh' in this way, to mean that a person didn't like it one bit. He sighed over her suggestion to go to a doctor.

3) Four people have died during the last month. (is this okay in present tense?)

Thanks,
  

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Anonymous Impulse is a count noun but is used in this way: a slave to impulse (or) on impulse, he bought the gift. As you can see, it is used without an article even though it is a count noun. Is that alright?

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Impulse is a count noun but is used in this way: a slave to impulse (or) on impulse, he bought the gift.
  • As you can see, it is used without an article even though it is a count noun.
  • Is that alright?
  • Yes.
  • That's all right .
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AnonymousImpulse is a count noun but is used in this way: a slave to impulse (or) on impulse, he bought the gift.

As you can see, it is used without an article even though it is a count noun. Is that alright?
Yes. That's all right. Many nouns are not inherently count or non-count nouns; it depends how they are used in sentences.
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CalifJimNo. "to sigh over" doesn't mean that a person doesn't like something.
I totally agree, but it does mean that you felt some sort of emotion.

Disappointment, relief, or even longing, for example
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Which preposition would be right? Sigh at or sigh over?
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