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Cissekou Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
I have noticed the use of A or AN after a proposition
To make things clear:
-we are going for a walk
-I was in a sweat
BUT
Mary is in trouble (not in a trouble)
WHAT IS THE RULE?
Thank you for your help.
-we are going for a walk
-I was in a sweat
BUT
Mary is in trouble (not in a trouble)
WHAT IS THE RULE?
Thank you for your help.
Top answer
We usually do not use an article before words that express generalities. Sometimes we do not use an article before non-count nouns. Here is a good article explaining the important rules.
- We usually do not use an article before words that express generalities.
- Sometimes we do not use an article before non-count nouns.
- Here is a good article explaining the important rules.
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We usually do not use an article before words that express generalities. Sometimes we do not use an article before non-count nouns.
Here is a good article explaining the important rules.
Here is a good article explaining the important rules.
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I was in a sweet .
isn't sweet non-countable?
how can he use an article before sweet?
isn't sweet non-countable?
how can he use an article before sweet?
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Besides that, I also saw "a nice wine" before!
can wine be countable?
thank you
can wine be countable?
thank you
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Not sweet, but sweat. (pronounced: swet)
"A sweat" is idiomatic and describes the physical condition of being sweaty.
Example: I worked up a sweat in my morning exercise class.
The use of an article before non-count nouns is idiomatic - sometimes we use it, and sometimes not.
He wiped the sweat from his brow. (specific reference to the perspiration on his forehead)
"A sweat" is idiomatic and describes the physical condition of being sweaty.
Example: I worked up a sweat in my morning exercise class.
The use of an article before non-count nouns is idiomatic - sometimes we use it, and sometimes not.
He wiped the sweat from his brow. (specific reference to the perspiration on his forehead)
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Vctory OngBesides that, I also saw "a nice wine" before!Yes. In this case, wine is countable, because it is referring to a vintage of wine, or a variety of wine, not the general liquid "wine", such as:
can wine be countable?
thank you
We have wine with our meals. (referring to the liquid)
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