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Joe2012 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Regarding the use of article

Sentence: Sir, this is a request it's up to you to accept or reject, please write your next piece on current affairs. I'm asking this because there are some issues on which debate is raging on in America, India and in the world.

My question: Is there any need, grammatically wise, to put "a" article after the word is and before the word request in the sentence ? Will it make difference if I omit it ?

Regards and thanks
  

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"a" is grammatically necessary. No offence, but the sentence is pretty horrible, what with the comma splice and everything, and it seems to be giving contradictory messages ("please write" feels like an instruction, which doesn't fit with the fact that they can apparently decline to do what you ask). I don't feel confident about trying to improve it without knowing more about the circumstances in which you are writing.

— Mr Wordy

  • "a" is grammatically necessary.
  • No offence, but the sentence is pretty horrible, what with the comma splice and everything, and it seems to be giving contradictory messages ("please write" feels like an instruction, which doesn't fit with the fact that they can apparently decline to do what you ask).
  • I don't feel confident about trying to improve it without knowing more about the circumstances in which you are writing.
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"a" is grammatically necessary.

No offence, but the sentence is pretty horrible, what with the comma splice and everything, and it seems to be giving contradictory messages ("please write" feels like an instruction, which doesn't fit with the fact that they can apparently decline to do what you ask). I don't feel confident about trying to improve it without knowing more about the circums
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