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01cite10Forum_mail12cite10Is the following sentence okey? : 11font10usually 'okay'12font12br
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11i10Beckett then completed a study of Proust which eventually led him to believe that habit was the "cancer of time."12i12br
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0I think I'd put a comma after "Proust" - but since neither of the others commented on it, perhaps it's a matter of style.0-

0Hi guys,02br
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01font01i00Beckett then completed a study of Proust which eventually led him to believe that habit was the "cancer of time."02br
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02i00When the word "habit" is countable and when it is not?02font02br
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01font00'Habit' is used here in

0"...that habit was the "cancer" of time"... "Habit" here means the need to repeatedly do, or continue with something without questioning why you are doing it - it doesn't refer to anything in particular and is therefore uncountable. 02br
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00"Habits" is usually used when speaking about particular things that someone does e.g "Smoking and drinking are his main habits".

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10<>I think I'd put a comma after "Proust" - but since neither of the others commented on it, perhaps it's a matter of style.12br
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10It'd make the 2nd part non-restrictive, different meaning, as Clive's pointed out. 02br
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00 My preferences (

0Yeah, I'm starting to think I'm one of the only people left who clings to the that/which distinction. I see "which" and I assume non-restrictive clause, so I thought that comma was just missing.0-

0 I don't get it... then what's the difference between "a habit" and "habit" ?02br
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00Here's what Longman Dictionary gives: 02br
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00[uncountable and countable] something that you do regularly or usually, often without thinking about it because you have done it so many times before02br
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00Regular exercise is a good habit for

0Hi,02br
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00You found one example yourslf:01i00 "Beckett then completed a study of Proust which eventually led him to believe that habit was the "cancer of time."02br
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02i00And I gave you another: 01i00'We are all creatures of habit'.02i02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

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01font01i00I have a car, which is red.02i00 I only have one car.02font02br
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00I agree with Clive. 02br
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00A comma is often left