Anonymous  +  339092 Wed, 14 Mar 07 09:29 AM Hello, I'm currently teaching business charts and describing trends and would like to know whether you can use the indefinite article with "growth". Am I right that "growth" doesn't take  "a" because it is uncountable but you can use the definite article? There has been significant growth in ... The growth we experienced in 2006... Thanks for your help! Maike Anonymous Articles, Indefinite Articles, Definite Articles

	Cool Breeze  +  339117 Wed, 14 Mar 07 11:23 AM Hi Maike Your examples are excellent English. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,979 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991

	Grammar Geek  +  339176 Wed, 14 Mar 07 02:08 PM You can also say things like "You can see in 2005, there was a growth in the housing market early in the year while there was a decline in ... " In this case, you are distinguishing the growth of one market from other markets, and therefore making them countable. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!