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"go on strike"
In a sentence like "They go on strike for better wages" or "They are on strike", do you put "a" before the "strike"?
My dictionary has both "go on strike" and "go on a strike", and it says the latter is American English. However, my American friend says he doesn't put "a" with "go on", or even with just plain "on". I'm wondering if what my dictionary says is regional or just wrong.
Nobuko Iwasaki
My dictionary has both "go on strike" and "go on a strike", and it says the latter is American English. However, my American friend says he doesn't put "a" with "go on", or even with just plain "on". I'm wondering if what my dictionary says is regional or just wrong.
Nobuko Iwasaki
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[nq:1]In a sentence like "They go on strike for better wages" or "They are on strike", do you put "a" ... "go on", or even with just plain "on". it's describing a kind of relatively "standard" or more widely used way to express that.
- [nq:1]In a sentence like "They go on strike for better wages" or "They are on strike", do you put "a" ...
- "go on", or even with just plain "on".
- it's describing a kind of relatively "standard" or more widely used way to express that.
- Regent
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[nq:1]In a sentence like "They go on strike for better wages" or "They are on strike", do you put "a" ... "go on", or even with just plain "on". I'm wondering if what my dictionary says is regional or just wrong.[/nq]
I don't think the dictionary is wrong...it's describing a kind of relatively "standard" or more widely used way to express that.
Regent
I don't think the dictionary is wrong...it's describing a kind of relatively "standard" or more widely used way to express that.
Regent
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[nq:1]In a sentence like "They go on strike for better wages" or "They are on strike", do you put "a" ... "go on", or even with just plain "on". I'm wondering if what my dictionary says is regional or just wrong.[/nq]
"go on strike" is American AFAIK. "go on a strike" conveys the same meaning, but sounds very awkward to my US ear.
Wake
"go on strike" is American AFAIK. "go on a strike" conveys the same meaning, but sounds very awkward to my US ear.
Wake
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"iwasaki" (Email Removed) wrote on 05 Mar 2004:
[nq:1]In a sentence like "They go on strike for better wages" or "They are on strike", do you put "a" ... "go on", or even with just plain "on". I'm wondering if what my dictionary says is regional or just wrong.[/nq]
I'd say your dictionary was wrong. I don't use "a" in either instance.
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
[nq:1]In a sentence like "They go on strike for better wages" or "They are on strike", do you put "a" ... "go on", or even with just plain "on". I'm wondering if what my dictionary says is regional or just wrong.[/nq]
I'd say your dictionary was wrong. I don't use "a" in either instance.
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
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Regent (Email Removed) wrote on 05 Mar 2004:
[nq:2]In a sentence like "They go on strike for better ... if what my dictionary says is regional or just wrong.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think the dictionary is wrong...it's describing a kind of relatively "standard" or more widely used way to express that.[/nq]
You aren't a native American-speaker, are you. In my60 years of readin, writing, and
[nq:2]In a sentence like "They go on strike for better ... if what my dictionary says is regional or just wrong.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think the dictionary is wrong...it's describing a kind of relatively "standard" or more widely used way to express that.[/nq]
You aren't a native American-speaker, are you. In my60 years of readin, writing, and
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[nq:2]I don't think the dictionary is wrong...it's describing a kind of relatively "standard" or more widely used way to express that.[/nq]
[nq:1]You aren't a native American-speaker, are you. In my60 years of readin, writing, and speaking American English, I've never seen or heard that expression used. "They called a strike", perhaps, but never "go on a strike", only "go on a picnic".[/nq]
[nq:1]You aren't a native American-speaker, are you. In my60 years of readin, writing, and speaking American English, I've never seen or heard that expression used. "They called a strike", perhaps, but never "go on a strike", only "go on a picnic".[/nq]
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Regent (Email Removed) wrote on 05 Mar 2004:
[nq:1]Well, you're right
The thing to note is, it's meaningless to discuss if sayi
[nq:1]Well, you're right
The thing to note is, it's meaningless to discuss if sayi00
[nq:1]Well, you're right The thing to note is, it's meaningless to discuss if saying it is grammatically correct.. We're talking ab
The thing to note is, it's meaningless to discuss if saying it is grammatically correct.. We're talking ab00
rzed (Email Removed) wrote on 05 Mar 2004:
[nq:2]Well, you're right The thing to note is, it's ... "go on a strike" in Google r
[nq:2]Well, you're right
The thing to note is, it's ... "go on a strike" in Google r00
[nq:1]You aren't a native American-speaker, are you. In my60 years of readin, writing, and speaking American English, I've never seen or heard that expression used. "They called a strike", perhaps, but never "go on a strike", only "go on a picnic".[/nq]
"Go out on strike" is also fairly common.
Michael West
"Go out on strike" is also fairly common.
Michael West
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[nq:1]Well, you're right The thing to note is, it's meaningless to discuss if saying it is grammatically correct.. We're talking ab
The thing to note is, it's meaningless to discuss if saying it is grammatically correct.. We're talking ab0
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