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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

The indefinite article

Hi fellow forum members,

Even though I'd say my English is pretty good, every once in a while I find myself confused on the proper use of certain words/grammatical structures. Just today, I found myself again wondering about when to include and when not to include the indefinite article a/an (a recurring issue for me it seems). I was writing and couldn't decide whether:

In this regard XXX, will serve as a case study allowing the student to blah blah blah

or

In this regard XXX, will serve as case study allowing the student to blah blah blah

Can anyone help me explain which one is correct and why?

Regards,
  

Top answer

It needs the article. "case study" is a singular countable noun, and singular countable nouns always require an article or other determiner, excpet for special idiomatic constructions (or abbreviated "headline"- or "note"-style English). By the way, the comma is in the wrong place.

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  • It needs the article.
  • "case study" is a singular countable noun, and singular countable nouns always require an article or other determiner, excpet for special idiomatic constructions (or abbreviated "headline"- or "note"-style English).
  • By the way, the comma is in the wrong place.
  • It should come after "regard".
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It needs the article. "case study" is a singular countable noun, and singular countable nouns always require an article or other determiner, excpet for special idiomatic constructions (or abbreviated "headline"- or "note"-style English).

By the way, the comma is in the wrong place. It should come after "regard".
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