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No, not in normal composition. A singular countable noun must have an article, a determiner, or a possessive adjective, no matter what other adjectives or modifiers it may have.
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 20, 2006 20:47 pm Using an indefinite article with an adjective+noun |
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Hi!. Thanks a lot for your reply. But, can?t i even omit the indefinite article if I am listing,enumerating to mean
for instance, I?ll have all these things in
a future or maybe I?ve just got them right now?
E.X. New life, new home, new car...
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:43 am Using an indefinite article with an adjective+noun |
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Making lists has little to do with English grammar or composition. It is just a list of words as reminders, like my shopping list:
tomatoes
caulif
milk
yogh
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If the list is part of a written essay or formal letter, then you must normally include the articles. Please re-read my earlier post:
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Jun 21, 2006 17:54 pm Using an indefinite article with an adjective+noun |
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I definitely understood, I guess.
But, what if I use the two first as
uncountable nouns?
Life, Home can be uncountable, can?t they?
I am thinking of ?Soul?as well.
Then, what will it happen?
Could I use them without the indefinite article?
New life, new home, new soul...
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Jun 21, 2006 19:22 pm Using an indefinite article with an adjective+noun |
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| Quote: | | E.X. New life, new home, new car... |
It reminded me:
'CHOOSE LIFE. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family, Choose a f*cking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of f*cking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit-crushing game shows, stuffing xyz junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, xyz-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. CHOOSE LIFE. But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons…' ©
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