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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The indefinite articles

Hi guys,

I am a bit confused about the use of the indefinite articles (“a” and “an”) in technical reports’ titles, where it is common to see the format “Achieving something using –tool name-“, e.g., we say “Face detection using neural networks”.

My question: is it grammatically correct to title a report as “Face detection using neural network”? what's about “Face detection using a neural network”?

Thanks.
  

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, it is permissible, in a certain style, to drop articles. "Face detection using neural network" would be permissible in that style, but as the overall title of a report it seems too abbreviated to me personally. Opinions may vary.

— GPY

  • , it is permissible, in a certain style, to drop articles.
  • "Face detection using neural network" would be permissible in that style, but as the overall title of a report it seems too abbreviated to me personally.
  • Opinions may vary.
  • "Face detection using a neural network" is OK.
  • The choice between that and "neural networks" would be based on whether the author feels the report is talking about one network or more than one.
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In headings, captions etc., it is permissible, in a certain style, to drop articles. "Face detection using neural network" would be permissible in that style, but as the overall title of a report it seems too abbreviated to me personally. Opinions may vary. "Face detection using a neural network" is OK. The choice between that and "neural networks" would be based on whether the author feels the re
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AnonymousMy question: is it grammatically correct to title a report as “Face detection using neural network”? what's about “Face detection using a neural network”?
In my opinion, it's like this:

using neural network - No.
using a neural network - OK.

CJ
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