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	Magda  #275601  Tue, 03 Oct 06 10:30 AM Hi, could you tell whether my sentence requires the indefinite article? "This ring has great sentimental value for me." Thank you    Magda Joined on Sat, Sep 9 2006 Full Member (445)
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	Inchoateknowledge  #275603  Tue, 03 Oct 06 10:37 AM "This ring has (a) great sentimental value for me." I do not see any differences in meaning between the sentences with and without the determiner.    Inchoateknowledge Joined on Wed, May 3 2006 Senior Member (2,515)
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	milky  #275657  Tue, 03 Oct 06 01:45 PM  Magda wrote: Hi, could you tell whether my sentence requires the indefinite article? "This ring has great sentimental value for me." Thank you I prefer it without because it refers to value. Is of value is the normal expressions.    milky Joined on Thu, Jan 15 2004 Senior Member (3,149) Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".
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	Magda  #275669  Tue, 03 Oct 06 02:13 PM Thank you both.    Magda

	MrPedantic  #275844  Wed, 04 Oct 06 12:35 AM Hello Magda "To have value" is a set phrase. So I would omit the article here. MrP    MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member (11,960) ...opella forensis / adducit febris...
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	Magda  #275954  Wed, 04 Oct 06 10:06 AM Hi, MrPedantic, thanks for your answer    Magda