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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

mission

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00I looked up the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary for the word 'mission' and only definition I seem to find is this:02br
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00N-COUNT A mission is the activities of a group of Christians who have been sent to a place to teach people about Christinity.02br
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00Based on this definition, how would you justify the following use of the word 'mission', which seems to be used as an uncountable noun?02br
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00Whole Christian 01u00mission02u00 is built on the whole Christian Bible. 0-
  

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0I guess the author sees "Whole Christian" as a single concept, but to me 'mission' is still a countable noun. 0-

— Yankee

  • 0I guess the author sees "Whole Christian" as a single concept, but to me 'mission' is still a countable noun.
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0I guess the author sees "Whole Christian" as a single concept, but to me 'mission' is still a countable noun. The author may have omitted 'the' to avoid having his meaning misunderstood as "all of the Christian mission".02br
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0 Yes, I think it needs a "the" at the beginning ...0-
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