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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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When do you use the phrase: in such a case vs in such case
When do you use the phrase: in such a case vs in such case
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No difference in meaning. I would prefer 'in such a case', but 'in such case' also seems to have gained some popularity, perhaps because of its similarity to the common 'in any case'.
- No difference in meaning.
- I would prefer 'in such a case', but 'in such case' also seems to have gained some popularity, perhaps because of its similarity to the common 'in any case'.
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No difference in meaning. I would prefer 'in such a case', but 'in such
case' also seems to have gained some popularity, perhaps because of its
similarity to the common 'in any case'.
case' also seems to have gained some popularity, perhaps because of its
similarity to the common 'in any case'.
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Well, grammatically talking, there should be a rule which regulates the use of such: such, in fact, needs an indefinite article with a singular countable noun. So I'd say that (since case is countable) that you should use the expression in such a case. Instead, when the noun is uncountable, or plural countable, you should not use the
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Yes Mark but there are some exceptions to that rule so that you can't say that "in such case" is wrong. For instance the following forms are both considered correct
kind of (a) + singular, countable noun
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kind of (a) + singular, countable noun
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