Countable in singular used without articles. Apple pie, red car, picked fence.

[Vladv1]

You don't necessarily need any verb:

LIFT OUT OF ORDER
TOILETS DOWNSTAIRS
ENTRANCE ON BROOK STREET

The imperative mood is used only in an instruction to do something.

Is the absence of articles in "He bought car after car but still wasn't suprised" an example of labelling?

 

[jutfrank]

Is the absence of articles in "He bought car after car but still wasn't suprised" an example of labelling?

No.

 

[5jj]

"He bought car after car but still wasn't suprised"

Where on earth did you see that strange sentence?

 

[Vladv1]

Where on earth did you see that strange sentence?

Or " He smoked cigar afrer ciagar, but he still felt nervous".

 

[Vladv1]

No.

What is it example of? In other words, why singular countable nouns are used without articles here?

 

[emsr2d2]

What is it an example of? In other words, why are singular countable nouns are used without articles here?

It's an example of the set phrase "noun after noun", in which we simply don't use articles.

He did it day after day without success.
She ate banana after banana and is now sick of bananas.

"He bought car after car but still wasn't surprised"

"He smoked cigar after ciagar cigar, but he still felt nervous".

Neither of your example sentences makes sense (and you haven't answered 5jj's question about where you saw the first one).
Why would anyone be surprised after buying a car?
Why would smoking even one cigar make anyone stop feeling nervous?

If you had an English spell-checker installed on your browser, it would have flagged up the basic spelling errors "suprised", "afrer" and "ciagar". If you can't (or won't) install one, you need to read your posts at least twice before submitting them, and again after submitting, to check for such mistakes. I'm certain we've told you more than once not to put a space after opening quotation marks.

 

[Vladv1]

If you had an English spell-checker installed on your browser, it would have flagged up the basic spelling errors "suprised", "afrer" and "ciagar". If you can't (or won't) install one, you need to read your posts at least twice before submitting them, and again after submitting, to check for such mistakes. I'm certain we've told you more than once not to put a space after opening quotation marks.

Sorry, I have a very old computer,so it has problem with installing apps.

 

[Vladv1]

It's an example of the set phrase "noun after noun", in which we simply don't use articles.

He did it day after day without success.
She ate banana after banana and is now sick of bananas.

Are there other set phrases where you don't use articles with singular countable nouns, not idioms, but set patterns/phrases?

 

[emsr2d2]

Sorry, I have a very old computer no comma here so it has I have a problem with installing apps.

In that case, you need to follow my advice about reading your posts multiple times.

You seem to be determined not to answer any of our questions. Here's a reminder of them. Your next post should include nothing but the answer to these questions:

Where on earth did you see that strange sentence?

Why would anyone be surprised after buying a car?
Why would smoking even one cigar make anyone stop feeling nervous?

 

[Vladv1]

In that case, you need to follow my advice about reading your posts multiple times.

You seem to be determined not to answer any of our questions. Here's a reminder of them. Your next post should include nothing but the answer to these questions:

In out culture smoking is associated with calming down. The sentences I composed myself.

 

[emsr2d2]

In out culture smoking is associated with calming down. The sentences I composed myself.

I guess you didn't bother checking your text for errors before you posted it.

 

[Annabel Lee]

What is it example of? In other words, why singular countable nouns are used without articles here?

I suspect, though it's just a hunch, that phrases like "cigar after cigar" descend from phrases like "one cigar after another," the full form of which is "one cigar after another cigar." When the determiners drop out, we're left with "cigar after cigar."

"But we must kill them. We must incinerate them -- pig after pig, cow after cow, village after village, army after army. And they call me an assassin." - Marlon Brando, Apocalypse Now

 

[Vladv1]

I suspect, though it's just a hunch, that phrases like "cigar after cigar" descend from phrases like "one cigar after another," the full form of which is "one cigar after another cigar." When the determiners drop out, we're left with "cigar after cigar."

"But we must kill them. We must incinerate them -- pig after pig, cow after cow, village after village, army after army. And they call me an assassin." - Marlon Brando, Apocalypse Now

Are there other set phrases where you don't use articles with singular countable nouns, not idioms, but set patterns/phrases?

 

[Annabel Lee]

Are there other set phrases where you don't use articles with singular countable nouns, not idioms, but set patterns/phrases?

Well, "[noun] by [noun]" works rather like "[noun] after [noun]" in that regard:

The truck was loaded log by log.​

Day by day they learned more about grammar.​

The fire destroyed the village house by house.​

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[jutfrank]

Also, "[noun] to [noun]", of which there are innumerable examples:

mouth to mouth
hand to hand
man to man
door to door
face to face
etc.

 

[Annabel Lee]

Also, "[noun] to [noun]", of which there are innumerable examples:

Nice. To continue the brainstorm, we sometimes find the pattern with over, under, beside, within, into, above, below, beneath, underneath, (up)on, atop, on top of, in front of, next to, etc. I only have time to make up examples for the first nine:

Placing hand over hand, he climbed the wall.​

Having highway under highway, the freeway interchange is a sight to see.​

Setting book beside book, they put all the books back.​

Coming upon store within store, a first-time visitor to the mall can easily forget where she is.​

Fitting piece into piece, they put it together.​

Rising floor above floor, the office building seems to climb to the sky.​

Layer below/beneath/underneath layer, the sands extend to a depth of 100 meters.​

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[Vladv1]

I suspect, though it's just a hunch, that phrases like "cigar after cigar" descend from phrases like "one cigar after another," the full form of which is "one cigar after another cigar." When the determiners drop out, we're left with "cigar after cigar."

"But we must kill them. We must incinerate them -- pig after pig, cow after cow, village after village, army after army. And they call me an assassin." - Marlon Brando, Apocalypse Now

Sorry for the many questions. I have been seraching for the example but can't find it. Point being, I saw a sentence where several countable nouns in singular follow each other separated by commas, without prepositions or conjunctions, and they are used without articles. Something similar to " Noble, peasant, warrior, priest, all hated the new law". Is this possible grammatically?

 

[5jj]

"Noble, peasant, warrior, priest, all hated the new law". Is this possible grammatically?

It is.

 

[Vladv1]

It is.

What is the justification for using these nonuns without articles?

 

[emsr2d2]

Sorry for the many questions. I have been searching for the example but can't find it. Point being, I saw a sentence where several singular countable nouns in singular follow each other separated by commas, without prepositions or conjunctions, and they are used without articles. It was something similar to "Noble, peasant, warrior, priest, all hated the new law". Is this possible grammatically?

Note my corrections above. You're still not reading your posts before submitting them. I can't believe that, yet again, you put a space after opening quotation marks. Having to make these basic corrections is getting extremely boring and it suggests you're taking no notice of us at all.