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New Hope Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

make noise/a noise

which is correct?
We should not make noise in the class.
We should not make a noise in the class.
  

Top answer

Use the first one. The second is not grammatically incorrect, but the expression "to make a noise (about something)" has another meaning. org/dictionary/british/make-a-noise-about-sth

— Teechr

  • Use the first one.
  • The second is not grammatically incorrect, but the expression "to make a noise (about something)" has another meaning.
  • org/dictionary/british/make-a-noise-about-sth
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Use the first one.

The second is not grammatically incorrect, but the expression "to make a noise (about something)" has another meaning.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/make-a-noise-about-sth

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The first sounds unnatural to this speaker of BrE. The second is fine.
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