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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Morning service

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In order to allow the teachers to attend morning service, volunteers are needed. Volunteers are rotated on a monthly basis. If you would are able to serve one Sunday a month for just one hour, contact Tina Burns.

Does service mean a religious ceremony? Why not "a morning service"?

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/service
service
[countable] a religious ceremony
- morning/evening service
- to hold/attend a service
- a funeral/marriage/memorial, etc. service

Is service really a countable noun? The first example doesn't have "a," but the third does. May I ask why?
  

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-- Most probably, yes. - Because it is used uncountably here; if the countable version were used (and it easily could be), it would read 'attend morning services', since they happen every week. - Yes, or uncountable.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- Most probably, yes.
  • - Because it is used uncountably here; if the countable version were used (and it easily could be), it would read 'attend morning services', since they happen every week.
  • - Yes, or uncountable.
  • Many nouns can be either, and they are not all indicated as such in the dictionaries.
  • The first example doesn't have "a," but the third does.
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Does service mean a religious ceremony?-- Most probably, yes. Why not "a morning service"?- Because it is used uncountably here; if the countable version were used (and it easily could be), it would read 'attend morning services', since they happen every week.

Is service really a countable noun?- Yes, or uncountable. Many nouns can be either, and they are not all indica
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Thank you, Mister Micawber.

If the uncountable version were used, it would read 'attend morning service', since they happen when?
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