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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

The word "education"

If "education is an uncountable noun and if a/an is used only with countable nouns, why do we say "An education is a wonderful thing" especially when we are talking about education in a general sense?
  

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Hi, It's incorrect. " They should not use the definite article before education in this case. Regards

  • Hi, It's incorrect.
  • " They should not use the definite article before education in this case.
  • Regards
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Hi,

It's incorrect.

Those people should say, "Education is a wonderful thing." They should not use the definite

article before education in this case.

Regards

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