become law

[ShirleyLing]

"The bill became law."

Shouldn't there be "a" before "law", since it is talking about a specific law, not a large body of laws?

 

[SoothingDave]

It can work either way.

 

[Rover_KE]

No, Shirley - it's fine as it is.

See more examples here:

http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=became+law&l=0&t=0&sugg=off

Rover

 

[ShirleyLing]

"We have (a) law for that."

Would "a" be necessary here?

 

[emsr2d2]

"We have (a) law for that."

Would "a" be necessary here?

Yes.

 

[ShirleyLing]

"We have (a) law for that."

Would "a" be necessary here?

But if I am talking about having a body of laws for certain things, do I still need "a" there?

 

[emsr2d2]

But if I am talking about having a body of laws for certain things, do I still need "a" there?

No, but you would need it in the plural.

We have a law for that.
We have laws for that.
That has recently become law.
A law has recently been passed about that.