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he took a leave of absence from public duty

 
 
WBYeats
 
Reply Sun 26 May, 2013 05:05 pm
I turned on the radio, and it said:

-He took a leave of absence from public duty.

It's voice was so clear that I was able to recognise the indefinite article A, but in English, don't we never use A for LEAVE?

eg He was absent without leave.
eg The court granted him leave to appeal against the sentence.
eg She asked for leave of absence to attend a funeral.
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farmerman
 
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Reply Sun 26 May, 2013 07:11 pm
@WBYeats,
Was the program from the US? well theres your problem. We don't "Go to hospital" we go "to THE hospital"
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JTT
 
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Reply Sun 26 May, 2013 10:44 pm
@WBYeats,
Quote:
[It's] The voice was so clear that I was able to recognise the indefinite article A, but in English, [don't] do we [n]ever use A for LEAVE?


When it's 'leave' in the sense of a "leave of absence" we always do use 'a', WB.

eg He was absent without leave.
eg The court granted him leave to appeal against the sentence.
eg She asked for a leave of absence to attend a funeral.

The first two are not the same as 'leave of absence'. The third needs 'a'.
WBYeats
 
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Reply Mon 27 May, 2013 01:32 am
@JTT,
Thanks all!

I'm happy to know that I have learned more~

Thanks JTT for correcting my post~
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Thu 27 Jun, 2013 10:21 am
In modern English do people use the plural form of LEAVE?

-I used to spend most of my leaves here.
JTT
 
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Reply Thu 27 Jun, 2013 12:24 pm
@WBYeats,
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In modern English do people use the plural form of LEAVE?

-I used to spend most of my leaves here.


My impression is that the word has more limited use than in the past. Perhaps military people use it this way.

As best as I can recall, I have never heard the plural used.
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farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 27 Jun, 2013 12:45 pm
@WBYeats,
The Panda eats shoots and leaves, or is it that the Panda eats, shoots, and leaves?
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 27 Jun, 2013 04:43 pm
@WBYeats,

Quote:
In modern English do people use the plural form of LEAVE?

-I used to spend most of my leaves here.


Yes, I'd consider that to be normal.
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 27 Jun, 2013 04:49 pm
@JTT,

Quote:
eg She asked for a leave of absence to attend a funeral.

The first two are not the same as 'leave of absence'. The third needs 'a'.


That's not normal idiom round these parts (UK English = English)

"She asked for leave/
She asked for leave of absence"; the article "a" is not required.
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Thu 27 Jun, 2013 07:08 pm
Thank you, JTT, Mctag~

But what does farmerman mean?
ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 27 Jun, 2013 07:13 pm
@WBYeats,
he is referencing a somewhat well-known book about punctuation

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ljvNi0QEL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click-small,TopRight,12,-30_AA300_SH20_OU02_.jpg
ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 27 Jun, 2013 07:14 pm
@ehBeth,
http://cf.sketchfu.com/i/3367126.png
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