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Erupt Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

"...with sweetener" or "...with a sweetener"

Hello!
I'm not a native English speaker and I'm in a tight grammar spot Emotion: smile
I'll be grateful if someone can help me!
Which one of these two expressions is correct:
Food supplement with sweetener
or
Food supplement with a sweetener

I know that salt and sugar are non-countable nouns, but I'm not sure about sweetener.

Thank you in advance!

  

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More context is needed. g. "a food supplement with a sweetener".

  • More context is needed.
  • g.
  • "a food supplement with a sweetener".
  • However, in abbreviated English, for example in a list of ingredients, articles would be dropped, so "Food supplement with sweetener" may be OK.
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More context is needed. "food supplement" and "sweetener" are both countable nouns, so in full prose would need articles or other determiners, e.g. "a food supplement with a sweetener". However, in abbreviated English, for example in a list of ingredients, articles would be dropped, so "Food supplement with sweetener" may be OK.

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