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tanguatlay
 
Reply Sat 22 Sep, 2018 09:18 am
This booklet is an extremely useful material for all people who want to know more about Buddhism.

Is the "an" required?


Thanks.
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Sat 22 Sep, 2018 01:32 pm
This book has extremely useful ...

Or

This book contains extremely ....
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 22 Sep, 2018 03:46 pm
Yes--extremely begins with a vowel sound, and therefore the indefinite article to be used is "an."
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sat 22 Sep, 2018 05:38 pm
@tanguatlay,
Yes, the an is required.

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That sentence is so awkward that using "an" correctly won't matter.
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Sat 22 Sep, 2018 06:42 pm
@ehBeth,
Thanks, ehBeth.

I would appreciate it very much if you could rephrase the sentence so that it is no longer awkward.

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Ponderer
 
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Reply Sun 23 Sep, 2018 02:40 am
@tanguatlay,
"...is extremely useful for..."
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Sun 23 Sep, 2018 04:57 am
@Ponderer,
Ponderer wrote:

"...is extremely useful for..."
Thanks, Ponderer.

This booklet is extremely useful for all people who want to know more about Buddhism.
hightor
 
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Reply Sun 23 Sep, 2018 06:05 am
@tanguatlay,
"This booklet is extremely useful material for all people who want to know more about Buddhism."

This doesn't sound awkward or unnatural to me.
maxdancona
 
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Reply Sun 23 Sep, 2018 06:07 am
@hightor,
I am not sure if I would use the word "material". I am not saying it is incorrect, but it is awkward.

Why not just say "This booklet is extremely useful for all people who want to know more about Buddhism."
Miss L Toad
 
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Reply Sun 23 Sep, 2018 07:45 am
@maxdancona,
The pamphlet is about Buddhism.

tanguatlay
 
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Reply Sun 23 Sep, 2018 11:14 am
@Miss L Toad,
Hi Miss Toad, I would appreciate your response to my question, which is reproduced for your easy reference.

This booklet is an extremely useful material for all people who want to know more about Buddhism.

Is the "an" required?

Thanks.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sun 23 Sep, 2018 11:19 am
@tanguatlay,
tanguatlay wrote:

This booklet is an extremely useful material for all people who want to know more about Buddhism.


This booklet is a useful reference for people who want to learn more about Buddhism.

or reference tool - which I notice a lot of people using (don't love it myself but it's a common formulation)
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Sun 23 Sep, 2018 11:42 am
@ehBeth,
Thanks, ehBeth.
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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Sun 23 Sep, 2018 11:43 am
Hi Miss Toad, I would appreciate your response to my question, which is reproduced for your easy reference.

This booklet is an extremely useful material for all people who want to know more about Buddhism.

Is the "an" required?

Thanks.
Miss L Toad
 
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Reply Mon 24 Sep, 2018 01:10 am
@tanguatlay,
Yes, as Setanta and ehBeth have noted, "an" is required (in prescriptivist British English).

This booklet is an excellent introduction to the tenets of Buddhism.
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