Sentence Structure: Countable or uncountable?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi

I would like to know if “sentence structure” is countable or uncountable. Which of the given sentences sound correct to you?

1- It is an incorrect sentence structure.
2- It is incorrect sentence structure.

Tom

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Hi Tom,

You’ve raised an interesting point. It is becoming more and more common (at least in the UK) for articles to be omitted particularly when the noun is qualified. People are saying: That’s good idea I had very interesting experience the other day. (Sentence) structure is technically a countable noun but both sentences are acceptable.

Alan

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Many, many thanks, Alan.

Could some more light be shed on the line quoted above? What is a qualified noun?

Tom

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Hi Tom,

An adjective is said to qualify a noun as an adverb qualifies a verb. In other words qualifies suggests giving more information about something. A good book - good qualifies book - running quickly - quickly qualifies running.

Alan

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Hi Alan
Those sentences are downright hair-raising to my American ears. Especially the first one.

Amy

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Hi Amy,

The fact remains it’s heard more and more or rather the articles aren’t heard. A Professor of English from a Welsh University has actually written a paper on it. I could give you the title of the paper but my books are in such a chaos, I can’t lay my hands on it.

Alan

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…downright hair-raising to my ears too, almost like fingernails scraping across a blackboard!