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Grammar

Grammar

I've read in a book the following sentence:

Every step was torment.

I often read sentences where the article is missing. When can you omit the article in English?

Thank you in advance.

Veit

  

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It can be difficult for a learner to master the use of articles in English. However, you're doing the right thing. Read and keep reading, and sooner or later, your understanding (and use) of articles will noticeably improve.

— Teechr

  • It can be difficult for a learner to master the use of articles in English.
  • However, you're doing the right thing.
  • Read and keep reading, and sooner or later, your understanding (and use) of articles will noticeably improve.
  • When you do encounter an unusual example or something new for you as in the above example, look up the word in the dictionary, and pay attention to the example sentences given.
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It can be difficult for a learner to master the use of articles in English. However, you're doing the right thing. Read and keep reading, and sooner or later, your understanding (and use) of articles will noticeably improve. When you do encounter an unusual example or something new for you as in the above example, look up the word in the dictionary, and pay attention to the example sentences g

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Here is a good reference for the use of articles. Scroll down the page.



http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm

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file tile 16Every step was torment.

Here 'torment' is used as a non-count noun. As such it represents the abstract idea of torment wherever and whenever it is found in the world. The idea is something like this:

"Every step was the embodiment of torment."
"Every step was the very idea of torment."

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