I have some suggestions for the next lessons. How to use: 1-although, though, even though 2-despite, in spite of 3-who, which, where, whom, whose 4-as long as, unless, provided 5-wish 6-in case, just in case 7- I'd better 8- few, a few, little, a little, some, lots of, a lot of, plenty of...
You told us about the case when we should use "a/an" before an uncountable noun (The Aspective Function). But in BrE, there are cases when we observe the opposite phenomenon. Britans can omit 'a/an' before singular countable nouns. It occurs before such nouns as hospital, school, university, church, prison, court when a speaker wants to focus on the function of a place rather than on the building. Example: James is in hospital. (He's receiving medical treatment, not necessary inside a specific hospital building).
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I have some suggestions for the next lessons.
How to use:
1-although, though, even though
2-despite, in spite of
3-who, which, where, whom, whose
4-as long as, unless, provided
5-wish
6-in case, just in case
7- I'd better
8- few, a few, little, a little, some, lots of, a lot of, plenty of...
You told us about the case when we should use "a/an" before an uncountable noun (The Aspective Function). But in BrE, there are cases when we observe the opposite phenomenon. Britans can omit 'a/an' before singular countable nouns. It occurs before such nouns as hospital, school, university, church, prison, court when a speaker wants to focus on the function of a place rather than on the building. Example: James is in hospital. (He's receiving medical treatment, not necessary inside a specific hospital building).
Yes, there are expressions in which 'a' before a countable singular noun is omitted. There will be another video about all these cases.