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Unimous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Does 'a house cat and mouse' from Wikipedia missing a 'a'?

The series features comedic fights between an iconic set of enemies, a house cat and mouse.


This a sentence from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_jerry.

My question is: Is the first sentence wrong? Should it be 'a house cat and a mouse' or 'a house cat and mice', and why?

Thank you.
  

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'A' is not required for the second noun. 'Mice' is wrong because 'Tom & Jerry' is between one cat and one mouse.

  • 'A' is not required for the second noun.
  • 'Mice' is wrong because 'Tom & Jerry' is between one cat and one mouse.
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'A' is not required for the second noun. 'Mice' is wrong because 'Tom & Jerry' is between one cat and one mouse.

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