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KatiMorton Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
offer a trip/offer trip
Should the article "an" be used in the following sentence?
Your pamphlet says you are offering (an) all-inclusive trip to Jamaica.
According to my gut feeling towards English grammar, there should be an article "an", because we usually say to "take a trip" and trip is countable. However, this is a sentence from an IELTS test audio script.
and I didn't hear the speaker pronouncing the "an". Maybe it is grammatical to not use the article "an" in this case? Why?
Your pamphlet says you are offering (an) all-inclusive trip to Jamaica.
According to my gut feeling towards English grammar, there should be an article "an", because we usually say to "take a trip" and trip is countable. However, this is a sentence from an IELTS test audio script.
and I didn't hear the speaker pronouncing the "an". Maybe it is grammatical to not use the article "an" in this case? Why?
Top answer
"an" is required. Alternatively "trip" could be "trips".
- "an" is required.
- Alternatively "trip" could be "trips".
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CliveYou probably just didn't hear it.Right, I simply didn't hear it.
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KatiMortonRight, I simply didn't hear it.But the written transcript is also wrong. Perhaps the speaker read the incorrect sentence verbatim without noticing? Or do you mean that you have listened again and can now hear the "an"?
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I have listened again and I guess I may be able to hear the "an". I don't know if I can hear it or not. Native speakers don't usually put stress on "an" and I can't hear it even if they pronounce it.
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I didn't listen to anything.
I'm just telling you that correct grammar requires 'an'.
Clive
I'm just telling you that correct grammar requires 'an'.
Clive
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