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Faisalkhan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is it a right sentence?

Car theft is not a new news at all.
  

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faisalkhan Car theft is not a new news at all. This is not correct; we can't have 'a news', because the noun 'news' is uncountable. Omit the article: 'Car theft is not new news at all'.

— Fivejedjon

  • faisalkhan Car theft is not a new news at all.
  • This is not correct; we can't have 'a news', because the noun 'news' is uncountable.
  • Omit the article: 'Car theft is not new news at all'.
  • That's grammatically correct, but I think most of us would leave out the adjective.
  • The message would still come through.
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faisalkhanCar theft is not a new news at all.
This is not correct; we can't have 'a news', because the noun 'news' is uncountable. Omit the article: 'Car theft is not new news at all'. That's grammatically correct, but I think most of us would leave out the adjective. The message would still come through.
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faisalkhan Car theft is not a new news at all.
As shown. You'll get your point across.
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