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GZheng Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

please help - Do I need "a" or not?

Some animals have a very high intelligence.

Some animals have very high intelligence.


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I would say "Some animals have very high intelligence", but "Some animals have a very high intelligence" seems not so weird. paco

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I would say "Some animals have very high intelligence", but "Some animals have a very high intelligence" seems not so weird.

paco
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Thanks, are there grammar rules to follow for this?
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Hello Zheng

Sorry but I myself don't know exact rules. I have learned "intelligence" in the sense of the faculty to understand is an uncountable noun. But some native speakers use it as if it is a countable noun. So…

paco

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