ESL Basic English Grammar Questions and Help

Re: Mission, countable or uncountable

Clive — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:57:36 GMT

Hi again,

#1 and #2 sound odd and wrong. Where did you find them?

#3 also sounds odd. It's like the strange, short-form, jargony English that NASA often uses.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Mission, countable or uncountable

Believer — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:59:49 GMT

Thank you, Clive.

I can't think of anything else right now, but I would appreciate if you could tell me why there are no articles in front of all the nouns/cases below if they are countables.

as Christian mission

the relationship of Christian mission

relate to mission

Re: Mission, countable or uncountable

Clive — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:34:58 GMT

Hi,

Please tell me whether the word 'mission' is countable or uncountable? Countable

It might be my imagination but I see some words that seem to be strictly countable being written without the articles when followed with the word (preposition??) 'as', is it just my imagination?

He was elected as president of the company. 'President' here is used as a title, aand in this context of 'the company', there is only one president. Compare He was offered a job as a secretary.

Would you like to list some other examples of what you sometimes see?

Would you say the normal article usage rules apply no matter if a noun follows the preposition 'as' or not? I'd prefer not to generalize. See the above examples.

Best wishes, Clive

Mission, countable or uncountable

Believer — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:29:03 GMT

Hi,

Please tell me whether the word 'mission' is countable or uncountable?

as mission

as Christian mission

as a mission to help others in need

It might be my imagination but I see some words that seem to be strictly countable being written without the articles when followed with the word (preposition??) 'as', is it just my imagination?

Would you say the normal article usage rules apply no matter if a noun follows the preposition 'as' or not?