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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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One "a" too many!
My Word spelling and grammar corrector keeps rejecting:
a) but except for a thin stubble on my face...
b) ...washed out every hue and displayed a dull scenery.
It doesn't like the underlined "a", and corrects by deleting it from the sentences. What is it that I should know and I don't?
Thanks
a) but except for a thin stubble on my face...
b) ...washed out every hue and displayed a dull scenery.
It doesn't like the underlined "a", and corrects by deleting it from the sentences. What is it that I should know and I don't?
Thanks
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Hello Anon In everyday English, "stubble" and "scenery" are non-countable. That's why Word doesn't like your indefinite articles (which imply countability). In your context, however", "a" has a slightly different function: it implies "a X kind of stubble/scenery".
- Hello Anon In everyday English, "stubble" and "scenery" are non-countable.
- That's why Word doesn't like your indefinite articles (which imply countability).
- In your context, however", "a" has a slightly different function: it implies "a X kind of stubble/scenery".
- So it's fine.
- MrP
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Hello Anon
In everyday English, "stubble" and "scenery" are non-countable. That's why Word doesn't like your indefinite articles (which imply countability).
In your context, however", "a" has a slightly different function: it implies "a X kind of stubble/scenery". So it's fine.
MrP
In everyday English, "stubble" and "scenery" are non-countable. That's why Word doesn't like your indefinite articles (which imply countability).
In your context, however", "a" has a slightly different function: it implies "a X kind of stubble/scenery". So it's fine.
MrP
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