He has (a) dogged determination to overcome/end his internet addiction.

[z7655431]

"He has a dogged determination to overcome/end his internet addiction."

I have two questions about the sentence above I wrote.

1. Can I say "he has dogged determination" without the indefinite article a?
2. Between overcome and end, I feel that "overcome" fits better here. But is it also fine to use "end" here?

 

[Tarheel]

Are you sure you want to put that in the passive voice?

As for your question, I think keeping the 'a' is best. It is, in my humble opinion, more natural that way. As for your second question, I agree that you can use either one, but "overcome" is better.

 

[5jj]

Are you sure you want to put that in the passive voice?

Who mentioned the passive voice?

 

[Tarheel]

Who mentioned the passive voice?

If you insist that "He has fogged determination" is not passive voice then I yield to you.

 

[5jj]

I do. "He subject has transitive verb dogged determination object."

 

[Skrej]

If you insist that "He has fogged determination" is not passive voice then I yield to you.

The passive form of that sentence would be "(A) dogged determination is had by him."

See the UE definition of passive voice. It requires a form of the 'be' verb and a past participle - both of which are missing in the original sentence. Here's a guide from the UE site.

"He has a dogged determination to overcome/end his internet addiction."

I have two questions about the sentence above I wrote.

1. Can I say "he has dogged determination" without the indefinite article a? Yes, but I think it's better with the definite article.
2. Between overcome and end, I feel that "overcome" fits better here. But is it also fine to use "end" here? 'End' is fine.

 

[emsr2d2]

If you insist that "He has fogged determination" is not passive voice then I yield to you.

Don't forget the passive test - if you can add "by zombies" to the end and it makes a grammatical sentence, then it's passive.
"He has dogged determination by zombies" doesn't fulfil the criterion. Just in case, you meant the whole sentence, "He has a dogged determination to overcome/end his internet addiction by zombies" doesn't work either.