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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Why does history have no "a"?

The past is history, the future is a mystery.
  

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Anonymous Why does history have no "a"? "history" is uncountable in the given context. It's "all of the past".

  • Anonymous Why does history have no "a"?
  • "history" is uncountable in the given context.
  • It's "all of the past".
  • You can't count "all of the past" as if there were more than one.
  • CJ
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Anonymous Why does history have no "a"?
"history" is uncountable in the given context. It's "all of the past". You can't count "all of the past" as if there were more than one.

CJ

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