Chapter 7

Is the indefinite article a/an correctly used in the following?

She is both a painter and a poet.
1. Yes, it is necessary.
2. No, it should be omitted.
3. It is correctly used but could also be omitted.
Can you do astronomy without a telescope?
1. Yes, it is necessary.
2. No, it should be omitted.
3. It is correctly used but could also be omitted.
He thinks like a computer scientist.
1. Yes, it is necessary.
2. No, it should be omitted.
3. It is correctly used but could also be omitted.
She won a thousand euros for her Master’s thesis!
1. Yes, it is necessary.
2. No, it should be omitted.
3. It is correctly used but could also be omitted.
So, have you suddenly turned an optimist?
1. Yes, it is necessary.
2. No, it should be omitted.
3. It is correctly used but could also be omitted.
I will remain a Scotsman till my dying day.
1. Yes, it is necessary.
2. No, it should be omitted.
3. It is correctly used but could also be omitted.
Brussels has nearly a million inhabitants.
1. Yes, it is necessary.
2. No, it should be omitted.
3. It is correctly used but could also be omitted.
I have signed up for a training in accountancy.
1. Yes, it is necessary.
2. No, it should be omitted.
3. It is correctly used but could also be omitted.
They’re working on a research together.
1. Yes, it is necessary.
2. No, it should be omitted.
3. It is correctly used but could also be omitted.