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1. He has car obsession. :(
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"a car obsession" / "an obsession" (count noun)
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2. He has car obsessions. :D :(
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Sounds odd because 'car' defines 'obsession' as specific, one, so 'obsessions' should be singular 'obsession' :( ; but, he could have more than one kind of obsession about cars. :D
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3. He has a car obsession. :D
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Also, He has an obsession for cars.
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4. He has cars obsession. :(
5. He has cars obsessions. :(
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'cars' functions as an adjective. Adjectives don't take plural -s.
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6. She has foot fetishes. :D :(
7. She has a foot fetish. :D
8. She has foot fetish. :(
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Sentence 6. is similar to sentence 1.: she has more than one fetish about feet :D but 'car' defines 'fetishes' as specific, one, so 'fetishes' should be singular 'fetish'. :( In 8. 'fetish' is a singular count noun, so it requires a determiner "a foot fetish". Note tha, the adjective 'foot' is not modifies by "a". It just happenes to occur between the article and its noun. That is, both "a" and "foot" modify "fetish".
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7. I bought a house. :D
8. I bought the house. :D
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I bought
a house. (Non-specific. Not know to the reader/listener e.g. Pat: I bought
a house. Max: What kind? Where? How much?)
I bought
the house. (Specific. Known to the reader/listener e.g. Pat: I bought
the house I told you about yesterday. Max: Wonderful. It's in a nice area and the price was right.)
All the best, :D