[title]Family quotes[/title] [description]Welcome to our family quotes section! Here you'll find some of the funniest (and wisest) quotes on the subject of family life![/description]
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Osee  +  531221 Mon, 23 Jun 08 05:23 AM

As titled, this line comes from an official letter. But I feel strange that there is no article like an or the before admission. Could you explain this to me? Thanks a lot.

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Mister Micawber  +  531271 Mon, 23 Jun 08 07:36 AM
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Admission is an uncountable activity.
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CalifJim  +  531295 Mon, 23 Jun 08 08:24 AM
 admission is an abstraction.

grant mercy, grant permission, grant admission, grant forgiveness, grant funding, ... 

CJ 

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