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- 09-Sep-2011, 19:37 #1
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Hold Dialogue a) "They held dialogue."
b) "They held a dialogue."
"Dialogue" is both countable and uncountable. So could a) be as correct as b)?
- 09-Sep-2011, 19:43 #2
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Teacher Re: Hold Dialogue No.
Originally Posted by EricaWW 
- 11-Sep-2011, 11:16 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Hold Dialogue LA Times:
"But Abbas made it very clear that he is not going to Gaza to discuss reconciliation or to hold dialogue with Hamas."
LA Times must be wrong with "hold dialogue".
- 11-Sep-2011, 11:32 #4
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Teacher Re: Hold Dialogue Yes, it is. Originally Posted by EricaWW
Nobody considers the LA Times to be an unimpeachable exemplar of perfect English.
RoverLast edited by Rover_KE; 11-Sep-2011 at 11:51.
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