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Fri 22 Feb, 2008 04:32 am
Sentence:
Which of the following favours organic bowel disease rather than a functional condition,such as irritable bowel syndrome?
My confusion: before function condition, there is an a, but before organic bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, there're no article at all. Do you think it is a good sentence?
Thanks in advance!
PS: As to the expression of my question, do you think I need there are no article or there is no article?
Yes it is a good sentence. You do not need an article before a type of disease (organic bowel disease) or a specific condition (irritable bowel syndrome), but you do need one before the phrase "functional condition".
contrex wrote:Yes it is a good sentence. You do not need an article before a type of disease (organic bowel disease) or a specific condition (irritable bowel syndrome), but you do need one before the phrase "functional condition".
Contrex, the rule you extracted from the language phenomena is very
helpful!
You have my sincere thanks and best regards!
Blues
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