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Newguest Posted 16 years ago
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Should I say: "What is trauma?" or "What is a trauma?" I suppose it depends.
Should I say: "What is trauma?" or "What is a trauma?" I suppose it depends.
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When you use it to describe someone hurt mentally ,it can not be counted,so without the word "a".
- When you use it to describe someone hurt mentally ,it can not be counted,so without the word "a".
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Yes,it depends.When you use it to describe someone hurt mentally ,it can not be counted,so without the word "a".
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Trauma can denote any serious injury but it can also indicate a bad experience in which case it is countable.
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IvanhrTrauma can denote any serious injury but it can also indicate a bad experience in which case it is countable.
So if I say: My exam at school was like a trauma, then I should use the article or not?
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It's not the best example but yes. Of course you can speak of school traumas, life traumas, war traumas etc.
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An article is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope. The articles in the English language are the and a/an.
Articles are two types:
i. Definite article.
2. Indefinite article.
Articles are two types:
i. Definite article.
2. Indefinite article.
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