By Quotation marks, Nouns

Hi,I think I have seen more than enough cases where what people call a verbal noun has the indefinite article 'a' in front of it and at the very least, the sheer number (should it be - sheer numbrs??) of it warrants some good explanations from experts in this forum. I think I can laid out...

.I'd suggest the quotation marks for the longer, less common greetings, but thank-you at least is a countable noun in its own right (see HERE) and needs none.

Hi, How can we use the article "a" in front of words like "hello" and "thank-you" with or without quotation marks? If it has quotation marks around it, I take it as being treated as sort of an uncountable noun, but sometimes, I don't see quotation marks; then,...

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you could write: The mixing of sugar and flour makes this...

Hi, Should I treat what is in a pair of quotation marks just like an adjective without any difference in terms of whether to place an article or not? Yes. I feel like you have to have an article, 'a' or 'the' or 'an', before a quoted content acting as an adjective for a...

Hi, Should I treat what is in a pair of quotation marks just like an adjective without any difference in terms of whether to place an article or not? I feel like you have to have an article, 'a' or 'the' or 'an', before a quoted content acting as an adjective for a...

Hi, I saw in one of the responding posts this: I know a quoted content -- that is, one that is enclosed in quotation marks in this case -- enjoys freedom in terms of its ability to be countable and uncountable; << Yes but something like 'a "yumm"' posed a dilemma as to...

Hi, I saw in one of the responding posts this: I know a quoted content -- that is, one that is enclosed in quotation marks in this case -- enjoys freedom in terms of its ability to be countable and uncountable; but something like 'a "yumm"' posed a dilemma as to what it is...

That doesn't sound like something I would say! You can place any part of speech in quotes. CJ

Thank you, Avangi (and CalifJim). That was a fine assortment of answers. My many thanks to you. I think it is CalifJim who said in a past post that you can treat what is in quotation marks as a noun, and based on that, I think I can go on to assume that the indefinite article 'a' can be...