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Chariot

#439426 Tue, 06 Nov 07 12:35 PM

Can the words "text" and "fund" be proceeded by "a" and numerals? Thanks.

Chariot

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Marius Hancu

#439430 Tue, 06 Nov 07 12:57 PM

Yes, but not always.

Whenever having problems re countable/uncountable, see this Cambridge
dictionary.

U is uncountable, C is countable.

text
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=82202&dict=CALD

fund
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=31719&dict=CALD

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Chariot

#439747 Wed, 07 Nov 07 07:25 AM

Thanks. I have visited the two sites you have offered. Still I don't not know when "a" or numerals can proceed "text", "fund".

I have great difficulty using "a" or numerals in front of words like text, fund, asset, facilitiy, textile, etc. They are often used in plural. I'd like to see some examples where the indefinitive article or numerals come in front of these words.

Chariot

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Marius Hancu

#439771 Wed, 07 Nov 07 09:19 AM

Whenever things are countable, you can use "a/an."

Thus you have to read that dictionary to see/learn which are the uses for which they are countable.

For examples, do your own searches at Google
http://www.google.com
say for:

"a fund"
(quotation marks are important)