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Hotmale Posted 12 years ago
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give it (a) meaning
Hi,
Could you please advise whether "a" should be inserted in the sentence?
"The best way to remember something is to give it (a) meaning."
I looked it up in a dictionary, which says that "meaning" is both countable and uncountable. Therefore, I am not sure about the article.
Thank you
Could you please advise whether "a" should be inserted in the sentence?
"The best way to remember something is to give it (a) meaning."
I looked it up in a dictionary, which says that "meaning" is both countable and uncountable. Therefore, I am not sure about the article.
Thank you
Top answer
You could argue both ways, but I prefer 'a' because I think a more specific meaning would be better for remembering. Clive
- You could argue both ways, but I prefer 'a' because I think a more specific meaning would be better for remembering.
- Clive
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You could argue both ways, but I prefer 'a' because I think a more specific meaning would be better for remembering.
Clive
Clive
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Hotmaleto give it (a) meaning.to give it a meaning ~ to assign to it a specific meaning
to give it meaning ~ to make it meaningful to yourself in some way
The second is more general than the first.
CJ
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