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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Questions on article use and adjective phrase formation?

Hi.

1. Do you think it is correct not to use articles before the words "hymn" and "lament"?

It is mainly through hymn and lament that ...

2. Do you think it is correct to construct what I would call an adjectival phrase like this?

... uses a topical rather than a chronological arrangement of his teaching material in order to ...
  

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1. It's unusual, but possible. The sentence you quote is acceptable in my opinion.

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  • It's unusual, but possible.
  • The sentence you quote is acceptable in my opinion.
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  • This sort of construction is fine, but I would omit the second "a": ...
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1. It's unusual, but possible. The sentence you quote is acceptable in my opinion.

2. This sort of construction is fine, but I would omit the second "a":

... uses a topical rather than chronological arrangement of his teaching material in order to ...
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Hi. Would you kindly tell me how this can be possible as you said? I think most nouns are either countable or uncountable nouns with some nouns having both characteristics (if I am not mistaken).

and the words 'hymn" and "lament" seem to be countable nouns.

You wrote as part of your (overall) responses:

1. It's unusual, but possible. The sentence you quote is acceptable
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Anonymous
I think most nouns are either countable or uncountable nouns with some nouns having both characteristics (if I am not mistaken).

and the words 'hymn" and "lament" seem to be countable nouns.


As I said, it's unusual. "hymn" and "lament" are almost always countable. However, there are many examples in English of uncommon co
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