There is no indefinite article with the word "coffee" because "coffee" is an uncountable noun. However, you could say this: - Afternoon is the time I need a cup of coffee . The word "afternoon" does not have an

Hi. Thank you. Let me correct something what I said by saying that I didn't write a post on this topic (content) a few days ago but I am sure that I wrote it yesterday in your General Vocabulary & Idiom Questions section. Anyway,

Hi. When do we use the indefinite article "an" before the word "extraordinary"? In a religious context, what could be the deciding factor for using the phrase "possess extraordinary power" versus using the phrase

The noun "dream" is countable. We can consider that "imagination" is either uncountable or countable , See the definition at Cambridge Dictionaries Online: imagination . Here's an example to show how

Hi Anon You're right that the word "treacheries" is occasionally used, however the singular, collective form is far more commonly used. I suppose you may also run into an occasional usage of "a treachery" as well, but I

The volcano erupted; the bomb exploded; the car crashed; the man fell. Although "the man fell" is grammatically in the active voice, it has a passive sense. For this reason, it doesn't seem very natural to me to say that a man

However, what you have made a mistake with in my humble opinion is that the indefinite article isn't used with uncountable nouns. Uncountable nouns ARE used with the indefinite article when the abstarct noun denotes a certain kind of quality,

#2. in a hurry Why is hurry countable in #2? English is weird enough for a to be used with un countable nouns in idioms now and then. A need not mean that the noun following it is sometimes used in the plural. One of the most common of

Hi, please look at this sentence and tell me why it would be wrong to put the indefinite article 'a' to express one's incredulous feeling of encountering what I consider to be an instance of hypocrisy or blasphemy -- although on second

Hi, please look at this sentence and tell me why it would be wrong to put the indefinite article 'a' to express one's incredulous feeling of encountering what I consider to be an instance of hypocrisy or blasphemy -- although on second