[Grammar] There are a couple of versus there are couple of

[Flogger]

Hello,

I know that the structure [There are a couple of things] is grammatically correct in English, but what about the structure [There are couple of things], with a being removed like the below example?

Well, there are couple of different organizations that have beauty pageants, not just locally but also at the state level and the national level, even at the international level.

Thanks in advance

 

[5jj]

We need the indefinite article in BrE.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please tell us the source and author of the quoted sentence, which is incorrect without 'a' in all varieties of English.

(You should use quotation marks instead of square brackets.)

 

[Flogger]

I got the transcription of a podcast named "English as a Second Language Podcast’s English Café episode 208" by Dr. Jeff McQuillan from www.ieslpod.com

 

[jutfrank]

It's a typo. The indefinite article should be there. It's wrong without it.

 

[emsr2d2]

The indefinite article is required in all variants, as far as I know. I believe that AmE speakers sometimes omit "of".