kadioguy
Key Member
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2017
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
(From a Toeic listening question)
Man: I heard you went to that new restaurant on Queen Street. What’s the name of it again?
Woman: It’s called The Walnut Tree. It was great – terrific food, fast service, pleasant setting.
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"Setting" is countable. Why is the article of it omitted? I assume that it is because the two phrases before it are uncountable, so the article of "setting" is optional, considering the agreement of the three phrases, and the sentence being colloquial.
What do you think?
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(Source, from the answer key)
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(Update)
Man: I heard you went to that new restaurant on Queen Street. What’s the name of it again?
Woman: It’s called The Walnut Tree. It was great – terrific food, fast service, pleasant setting.
[...]
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"Setting" is countable. Why is the article of it omitted? I assume that it is because the two phrases before it are uncountable, so the article of "setting" is optional, considering the agreement of the three phrases, and the sentence being colloquial.
What do you think?
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(Source, from the answer key)
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(Update)
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