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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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short notice or a short notice

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00How are they different?02br
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00Sorry for giving you short notice02br
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00Sorry for giving you a short notice.02br
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00Sorry for giving you such a short notice.02br
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0To me, only the third sentence is correct.0-
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00#1 is also fine.02br
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00'Notice' is normally treated as non-countable in such a context.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0I would go for #4 over #3.0-
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giving you short notice or giving you such short notice is correct, in this meaning is "notice" uncountable - Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Hi,

Both phrases are correct, with different meanings.

uncountable.

Clive
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Apologies for the short notice.

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