Without major policy shift vs. without a major policy shift

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi, how does the phrase ‘without major policy shift’ sound to you in the following sentence:

“Even without major policy shift we will continue to see coal retire pretty rapidly,” said Mike O’Boyle, the co-author of the report for Energy Innovation, a renewables analysis firm.

I mean, wouldn’t it be better with an article: Even without a major policy shift…

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Yes, it sounds odd to me without the “a”.

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Yes, I agree with you, Torsten.

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