@[email protected] to Ask LemmyEnglish • 20 days agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-square228fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down12
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minus-square@JubilantJaguarlink2•edit-220 days ago English requires you to say “a cat” or “the cat” Generally true but not for abstract nouns and mass nouns: “The water’s warm”, “I’d like a water”, “Water is a liquid”. PS. It’s called the zero article.
Generally true but not for abstract nouns and mass nouns: “The water’s warm”, “I’d like a water”, “Water is a liquid”.
PS. It’s called the zero article.