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This is a forum to discuss the gray areas of the English language for which you would not find answers easily in dictionaries or other reference books.
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What does this mean? Where did it come from?
There is a movie out called “Two Weeks Notice”. Shouldn’t this be “Two Week Notice”?
Some people say “emotionality” is not a word. It is in Webster. What is the difference between emotion and emotionality? What is my emotion? And, what is my emotionality?
“That’s such bull-shit.” Here you have no article; not “a bull-shit”.
“He gave me shit.” Here, too, you have no article.
“I don’t give a shit.” Now, why do you have an article here?
When fine artists say their work is “multi-disciplinary”, what would a discipline mean in this context?
“a lack of” vs. “lack of” What is the difference?
When you refer to something that is labeled with letters, like letter A, button B, formula C, or exhibit D, you don’t put articles, but that seems odd. Why wouldn’t you say “a button B” or “a formula C”?
What are the rules for FEW vs. A FEW?
Am I 38 years old, or 38 year old, and why.
“I have a full control” Or “I have full control”
Which is correct? In what situations you say “controls”?
