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Ant_222 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

to feign aurhorship of a novel

Hello all,

In the titile I have quotated an example from a dictionary entry for the verb "to feign". I just wanted to ask why no article has been used to modify "authorship".

Thanks in advance,
Anton
  

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Hi, In the titile I have quotated an example from a dictionary entry for the verb "to feign". I just wanted to ask why no article has been used to modify "authorship". 'Authorship' is not countable.

— Clive

  • Hi, In the titile I have quotated an example from a dictionary entry for the verb "to feign".
  • I just wanted to ask why no article has been used to modify "authorship".
  • 'Authorship' is not countable.
  • eg We don't speak of 'three authorships'.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
In the titile I have quotated an example from a dictionary entry for the verb "to feign". I just wanted to ask why no article has been used to modify "authorship".

'Authorship' is not countable. eg We don't speak of 'three authorships'.

Best wishes, Clive
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