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Words or nouns which take " a " before them.

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Latest post Fri, Sep 15 2006 8:31 AM by CalifJim. 1 replies.
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Naughty  +  267311 Fri, 15 Sep 06 08:10 AM

Sir,

Can you tell me that which verbs take always article "a" before them and why they take it and how to know these words.

Like in this example,

Children make ( a ) noise.

Dont tell  ( a ) lie.

Regards,

Naughty.
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CalifJim  +  267317 Fri, 15 Sep 06 08:31 AM
Verbs don't take a.  Nouns take a.  Only nouns that refer to a single countable entity take a.  I don't think there are any nouns that always take a.  Countable nouns can generally take a or the or many other determiners.

CJ
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