in case of fire/a fire/emergency/an emergency
Does this expression work both with and without the article? Yes.
Thank you in advance.
rhapsomatrics, don't make the common mistake of confusing an abstract noun with a non-countable noun.
WITH DUE RESPECT,I THINK YOUR LAST POST WAS A LITTLE NONDESCRIPT AS I AM YET TO SPOT ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY EXAMPLES AND YOUR PLETHORA OF SOMEWHAT REPETITIVE EXAMPLES, SAFE FOR A RATHER DISTURBING REPRESENTATION.NONE OF THE WORDS I USED IS A NON-COUNT NOUN...ANGER,LOVE,EMERGENCY AND EVEN FIRE(THOUGH I NEVER GAVE FIRE AS AN EXAMPLE OF ABSTRACT NOUN) read my uneditted post again
rhapsomatrics, don't make the common mistake of confusing an abstract noun with a non-countable noun.
WITH DUE RESPECT,I THINK YOUR LAST POST WAS A LITTLE NONDESCRIPT AS I AM YET TO SPOT ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY EXAMPLES AND YOUR PLETHORA OF SOMEWHAT REPETITIVE EXAMPLES, SAFE FOR A RATHER DISTURBING REPRESENTATION.NONE OF THE WORDS I USED IS A NON-COUNT NOUN...ANGER,LOVE,EMERGENCY AND EVEN FIRE(THOUGH I NEVER GAVE FIRE AS AN EXAMPLE OF ABSTRACT NOUN) read my uneditted post again
'Nondescript' is hardly an appropriate word for what strikes me as a useful clarification of something that often causes confusion. Incidentally, the word is normally used for the appearance of something, not its content.YOUR LAST POST WAS A LITTLE NONDESCRIPT
rhapsomatrics, don't make the common mistake of confusing an abstract noun with a non-countable noun.
A dream is abstract, but it still is countable and requires an article.
Love is abstract and not countable (unless modified -- a love surpassing all others).
A fire is concrete (you can smell, see, hear, and feel it) I DON NOT THINK FIRE CAN EVER BE CONCRETE(THOUGH YOU CAN HEAR,SMELL AND FEEL IT YET YOU CANNOT TOUCH HOLD OR HANDLE IT)
rhapsomatrics, don't make the common mistake of confusing an abstract noun with a non-countable noun.
A dream is abstract, but it still is countable and requires an article.
Love is abstract and not countable (unless modified -- a love surpassing all others).
A fire is concrete (you can smell, see, hear, and feel it) I DON NOT THINK FIRE CAN EVER BE CONCRETE(THOUGH YOU CAN HEAR,SMELL AND FEEL IT YET YOU CANNOT TOUCH HOLD OR HANDLE IT)
Concrete doesn't mean "something you can hold". Atoms are concrete. Jupiter is concrete.
Wow! Hostile,inappropriate,rude...quite a handful! .I type in blocs only when I launch through my tiny-keyed mobile phone which makes cap lock/unlock a bit herculean.
If fire is concrete because of its "physical properties" then air,water,gas,flame,oil,ray,reflection,refraction,etc are all concrete nouns,aren't they?
Concrete doesn't mean "something you can hold". Atoms are concrete. Jupiter is concrete.
Wow! Hostile,inappropriate,rude...quite a handful! .I type in blocs only when I launch through my tiny-keyed mobile phone which makes cap lock/unlock a bit herculean.
If fire is concrete because of its "physical properties" then air,water,gas,flame,oil,ray,reflection,refraction,etc are all concrete nouns,aren't they?
Yes, very good! You're catching on.
Going by your physical property theory,don't you think that proper,common and even collective nouns all have physical properties? Or,can we say they are also concrete?
I thought you said "fire",which is a noun,had/has physical properties?Or,has it lost them? Anyway,thanks for your time. Lest I forget,the word "noun" is not an abstract noun but a proper noun since it's the name of a particular part of speechThank you for crediting me with inventing wheel!
Nouns don't have any physical properties. Noun is an abstract noun.
And I personally don't plan on engagin in a spirited debate on this topic.
I thought you said "fire",which is a noun,had/has physical properties?Or,has it lost them? Anyway,thanks for your time. Lest I forget,the word "noun" is not an abstract noun but a proper noun since it's the name of a particular part of speech