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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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1. I think my dictionary says practice means doing something regualrly in order to be able to do it better and with that in mind, why is that in the context of the kind of phrase as below, I seldom see, if not never, the word in a plural form?

You can do it better with practice (almost never "with practices").

2. Why the article "a" and not "the" in the place indicated? I thought the word "final" almost always trigger the use of the article "the."

The defending racing champion recorded the fastest time in a final practice today.

3. Is this phrase right with the word "months" there?

only to find out in a months time
  

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1. I think my dictionary says practice means doing something regualrly in order to be able to do it better and with that in mind, why is that in the context of the kind of phrase as below, I seldom see, if not never, the word in a plural form? You can do it better with practice (almost never "with practices").

— Marius Hancu

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  • I think my dictionary says practice means doing something regualrly in order to be able to do it better and with that in mind, why is that in the context of the kind of phrase as below, I seldom see, if not never, the word in a plural form?
  • You can do it better with practice (almost never "with practices").
  • Uncountable, here.
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1. I think my dictionary says practice means doing something regualrly in order to be able to do it better and with that in mind, why is that in the context of the kind of phrase as below, I seldom see, if not never, the word in a plural form?

You can do it better with practice (almost never "with practices"). Uncountable, here.

2. Why the articl
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