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“Seems like an overkill” vs. “seems like overkill” [closed]
I’m wondering if an article is used with the word overkill:
Something seems like an overkill (to me).
Something seems like overkill (to me).
Which is grammatical?
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Why the indefinite article in “have a good time”?
Why do we use the indefinite article in the expression "have a good time"?
Time is an uncountable noun, and we never say "what a beautiful weather!", but "what beautiful weather it is!"
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“The” and superlative of uncountable noun — “the clearest water”?
Uncountable nouns are usually used without an article. Superlatives require definite article. What comes out of these 2 rules when superlative meets uncountable article?
We need an example, I hope it ...
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The article “a/an” with uncountable nouns
Sometimes I read in books sentences where uncountable nouns are used with the article "a/an". For example "She fades like a dew before the sun". Is it out of the common rules?
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