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Encolpius Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

One day you will be king.

Hello, I can't understand why the noun king is uncountable in this case.
Isn't it correct to say
One day you will be a king. (just like one day you will be a baker, a journalist, etc.)
or mabye
One day you will be the king. (this is what most Euroepan languages use)

And are there any other words similar to the king which are uncountable nouns.

Thanka a lot.
  

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Encolpius I can't understand why the noun king is uncountable in this case. The article is not used in many cases where the noun represents a role or is a title . You will be president one day.

  • Encolpius I can't understand why the noun king is uncountable in this case.
  • The article is not used in many cases where the noun represents a role or is a title .
  • You will be president one day.
  • One day Peter will be governor.
  • Lucinda became assistant to the mayor last July.
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Encolpius I can't understand why the noun king is uncountable in this case.
The article is not used in many cases where the noun represents a role or is a title.

You will be president one day.
One day Peter will be governor.
Lucinda became assistant to the mayor last July.

CJ

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