How to create Android application

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AlexAD

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Hi,

Is the indefinite article missing in the name of the presentation, 'How to create Android application' ?

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Yes it is certainly missing.. It should read "How to create an Android application."
 

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Or "...Android applications."
 

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But in India the omission of the article is standard fare.
 

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And in the titles of chapters or parts of instruction manuals, articles are often omitted.
 

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When I read technical literature, I often have a feeling in some parts articles are omitted, which may make sense as nowadays English is widely used by non-natives, which in turn leads to the language simplification.
However, not being native, I cannot claim that..
 

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You're correct, I used to proofread Japanese and Korean chemists academic papers and decided to get out of the business because it was too frustrating -- you have to rewrite some peoples' English, not fix it up. Lots of academic papers out there have A- English in them.
 
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