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Naughty Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Words or nouns which take " a " before them.

Sir,

Can you tell me that which verbs take always article "a" before them and why they take it and how to know these words.

Like in this example,

Children make ( a ) noise.

Dont tell ( a ) lie.

Regards,

Naughty.
  

Top answer

Verbs don't take a . Nouns take a . Only nouns that refer to a single countable entity take a .

  • Verbs don't take a .
  • Nouns take a .
  • Only nouns that refer to a single countable entity take a .
  • I don't think there are any nouns that always take a .
  • Countable nouns can generally take a or the or many other determiners.
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Verbs don't take a. Nouns take a. Only nouns that refer to a single countable entity take a. I don't think there are any nouns that always take a. Countable nouns can generally take a or the or many other determiners.

CJ

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