hanuman_2000  +  169683 Wed, 14 Dec 05 05:26 AM Hello, 1. I first met Jennifer a long time ago. Why has  the article "a" been used, though "time" is uncountable noun?   hanuman_2000 Joined on Thu, Aug 12 2004 INDIA Contributing Member 1,644 Articles, Nouns, Uncountable Nouns, Countable Nouns

	rvw  +  169701 Wed, 14 Dec 05 06:30 AM Time is a countable noun in one of its definitions: time: a period during which something (as an action, process, or condition) exists or continues:  an interval comprising a limited and continuous action, condition, or state of being:  measured or measurable duration <no one had spoken to him all the time we were at lunch>  <could not sleep, and after a time he rose>  <gone a long time>  <written in three hours' time>  ---Webster's Third New International Dictionary Another famous example:  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.  ---A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. rvw Joined on Sun, Nov 28 2004 Woodstock, Georgia, USA Full Member 350 Nouns, Countable Nouns