By Countable nouns, Universities

Re: I"m going to 000 university

Hi, I don't think there's the article 'a' before 000 right? University is a countable noun, so why no article? When we say 'I'm going to York University', 'York University' is a proper name (and thus we normally use a capital 'U'). That's why there is no article. If you say 'I'm going to a York...

I"m going to 000 university

I don't think there's the article 'a' before 000 right? University is a countable noun, so why no article? Also, without 000 I think the article can be used (what's the difference if it's not used?), like "I'm going to a university". Why is that? I have some suspicions in the matter, but...

Re: About the word 'music'

"I love to listen to music" "I love to listen to songs" And by the way there isn't plural form for the word 'music', isn't it?; Uncountable nouns can't be used in situations where a plural would be used. Some English words are the same for both singular and plural e.g. deer 4: "They study hard...

Re: Articles (a, an)

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi Hoa ThaiFrom a webpage of Cambridge University International Education and Training Society, http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/iets/ " ... Summarise general situations and common difficulties for students in graduate, undergraduate, A-Levels and GCSE courses, and provide...

Re: Articles (a, an)

Hi Hoa ThaiFrom a webpage of Cambridge University International Education and Training Society, http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/iets/ " ... Summarise general situations and common difficulties for students in graduate, undergraduate, A-Levels and GCSE courses, and provide advices and...

Re: some questions including use of colon

Hi, After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’ is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case. What is the...

"a little" or "a few"

This is a question from Unit 87 of Cambridge University Press 的 Grammar in Use. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Q: Listen carefully; I'm going to give you ________advice. little/ a little/ few/ a few Which one is the best...

Definite article before 'separation', 'custody' and 'authorization'

*first greets all the faithful teachers here*Question (copied from my accounting exercise book):Lana Emerick handles cash receipts and has the authority to write off accounts receivable. This violates separation of (1)A. custody (2) of assets from accounting.B. operations from accountingC. duties...

Re: Could you please help me on this.

Milky, I'm sorry, but the 'sheep' analogy is not relevantl Here, quoted from Purdue University Online Writing Lab: While uncountable nouns do not generally take a plural form, sometimes they may be pluralized when used in a countable sense. The difference between the uncountable and countable...

Why no determiners in front of this countable?

Hi, Why is this sentence from a school brochure does not have a determiner in front of the word "communication"? A countable noun, according to my dictionary. You maintain communication with the University via a Local Administrative Center. Also, why is it, "Local Administrative Center,"...