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Kuljc03 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
practice/a practice
is it "we are going to have practice tomorrow" or "We are going to have a practice tomorrow"?
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Hi Kuljc03 Personally I feel "have practice" might be better than "have a practice" (my dictionary also says so). But actually "have a practice" is also used. Google gives 1870 hits for "have practice today" and 250 hits for "have a practice today".
- Hi Kuljc03 Personally I feel "have practice" might be better than "have a practice" (my dictionary also says so).
- But actually "have a practice" is also used.
- Google gives 1870 hits for "have practice today" and 250 hits for "have a practice today".
- When the "practice" is modified by an adjective like "hard" or "private", it would be better to put an indefinite article like "have a hard practice" or "have a private practice".
- However, somehow they say "have choir practice" or "have tennis practice" rather than "have a choir practice" or "have a tennis practice".
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Hi Kuljc03
Personally I feel "have practice" might be better than "have a practice" (my dictionary also says so). But actually "have a practice" is also used. Google gives 1870 hits for "have practice today" and 250 hits for "have a practice today". When the "practice" is modified by an adjective like "hard" or "private", it would be better to put an indefinite article like "have a hard
Personally I feel "have practice" might be better than "have a practice" (my dictionary also says so). But actually "have a practice" is also used. Google gives 1870 hits for "have practice today" and 250 hits for "have a practice today". When the "practice" is modified by an adjective like "hard" or "private", it would be better to put an indefinite article like "have a hard
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