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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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The usage of articles in this sentence
Hello there,
I am supposed to correct a few mistakes in my academic essey. I've made most of the necessary changes by myself, however, there is still one problem I am not sure about. I am supposed to correct this sentece.
"It is said that the Vatican gave Croatia a loan of 10 million dollars for a military equipment to fight Serbs".
My teacher crossed out "a" in the sentence in bold. The problem is, I am not sure whether to use a definite article or zero article here. As for the context, there is no other reference to the equipment in the following or previous parts of the essay.
Thank you in advance.
I am supposed to correct a few mistakes in my academic essey. I've made most of the necessary changes by myself, however, there is still one problem I am not sure about. I am supposed to correct this sentece.
"It is said that the Vatican gave Croatia a loan of 10 million dollars for a military equipment to fight Serbs".
My teacher crossed out "a" in the sentence in bold. The problem is, I am not sure whether to use a definite article or zero article here. As for the context, there is no other reference to the equipment in the following or previous parts of the essay.
Thank you in advance.
Top answer
There's no need for any article; equipment is non-countable. Once it has been mentioned, you may use the definite article: the equipment they sent was faulty.
- There's no need for any article; equipment is non-countable.
- Once it has been mentioned, you may use the definite article: the equipment they sent was faulty.
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There's no need for any article; equipment is non-countable. Once it has been mentioned, you may use the definite article: the equipment they sent was faulty.
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