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Joseph A Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Indefinite article

Hello everyone,

Does the word "misunderstanding" require the indefinite article "a" as follows?

Eg. There is (a) misunderstanding between them.

Regards,

JA

  

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Joseph A Hello everyone, Does the word "misunderstanding" require the indefinite article "a" as follows? Eg. There is (a) misunderstanding between them.

  • Joseph A Hello everyone, Does the word "misunderstanding" require the indefinite article "a" as follows?
  • Eg.
  • There is (a) misunderstanding between them.
  • Regards, JA There is that requirement, but it is not so strict that the lack of "a" would necessarily always sound bad.
  • In your example I would keep "a".
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Joseph A

Hello everyone,

Does the word "misunderstanding" require the indefinite article "a" as follows?

Eg. There is (a) misunderstanding between them.

Regards,

JA

There is that requirement, but it is not so strict that the lack of "a" would necessarily always sound bad.

In your example I would keep "a".

CJ

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