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I'm reading Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death and I came across an interesting usage of the word entertainment.

"The first is that on television, religion, like everything else, is presented, quite simply and without apology, as an entertainment."

I would have figured he'd truncate the sentence and use the verb: "as entertainment". I have never seen "an entertainment" before. What is this called grammatically?

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  • The tag on this site is countable-nouns
    – stevesliva
    Commented Aug 11, 2015 at 7:25
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    It's a rare use of "entertainment" as countable, but perfectly legitimate. Using it in this way emphasizes that "religion" is treated the same as a sitcom or drama.
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Aug 11, 2015 at 12:02
  • @HotLicks That makes perfect sense thank you! Can you post as answer please?
    – Kevin Behan
    Commented Aug 11, 2015 at 17:24

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