Countable noun problem in sentence
"Distance education is flexible and offers learners educational opportunities to attend lectures without having to travel to university."
"university" is a countable noun, so why doesn't use "universities" in this sentence?
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Yes, "university" is normally a count noun, but we call this the generic use of "university", which has no determiner and occurs only in the singular form. Other examples include: Will you be going to college this year? Ed is in hospital .
- Yes, "university" is normally a count noun, but we call this the generic use of "university", which has no determiner and occurs only in the singular form.
- Other examples include: Will you be going to college this year?
- Ed is in hospital .
- While you're in town , would you please pick up the dry-cleaning?
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Yes, "university" is normally a count noun, but we call this the generic use of "university", which has no determiner and occurs only in the singular form. Other examples include:
Will you be going to college this year?
Ed is in hospital.
While you're in town, would you please pick up the dry-cleaning?
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