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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Why a here but not there?
Hi,
Take a look at the following and please tell me why a person would not put the article in the first but put one in the second.
1. He was inspired with tremendous courage.
2. He was a new courage.
Would you say if the sentence 1 has a prior context where the concept of 'courage' was discussed and if this is pointing to one kind of courage, then it could have a there without any modifying or restrictive phrase or clause following it?
Like this:
He was inspired with with a tremendous courage.
Take a look at the following and please tell me why a person would not put the article in the first but put one in the second.
1. He was inspired with tremendous courage.
2. He was a new courage.
Would you say if the sentence 1 has a prior context where the concept of 'courage' was discussed and if this is pointing to one kind of courage, then it could have a there without any modifying or restrictive phrase or clause following it?
Like this:
He was inspired with with a tremendous courage.
Top answer
Yes, but I don't particularly like an article in either sentence. The uncountable form works better.
- Yes, but I don't particularly like an article in either sentence.
- The uncountable form works better.
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Yes, but I don't particularly like an article in either sentence. The uncountable form works better.
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Thank you, Mr. M.
Sentence 2 was written correctly. It should have been "He was inspired with a new courage."
Can you then accept both ot the following as correct?
He was inspired with a new courage.
He was inspired with new courage.
Doesn't the existence of the adjective 'new' make it necessary for it to have a like the 1st sentenc
Sentence 2 was written correctly. It should have been "He was inspired with a new courage."
Can you then accept both ot the following as correct?
He was inspired with a new courage.
He was inspired with new courage.
Doesn't the existence of the adjective 'new' make it necessary for it to have a like the 1st sentenc
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Doesn't the existence of the adjective 'new' make it necessary for it to have a like the 1st sentence?Absolutely not! An adjective never makes an uncountable noun countable of necessity. Both sentences here are better without the article.
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