Hello,
Could you please tell me whether the article "a" is needed in this sentence.
"After the accident the man suffered from (a) heavy amnesia"
Is there any differene between AmE and BrE?
Thank you
Could you please tell me whether the article "a" is needed in this sentence.
"After the accident the man suffered from (a) heavy amnesia"
Is there any differene between AmE and BrE?
Thank you
'Amnesia' is a mass noun, so do not put the indefinite article before it, or before the modifier preceding it.
Comments
We had dinner = We ate.
Let's go to dinner. = Let's go eat.
"heavy amnesia" is not natural
He had severe amnesia.
Amnesia is a long-term condition, and it is always a mass noun.
Other short-term illnesses are not.
He had the flu.
He had a cold / fever.
He had a headache / stomachache / earache.
He had a heart attack / seizure
Compare with long-term conditions
He had amnesia / tuberculosis / aphasia / dementia /smallpox / polio.