Why do U.S. Americans say “a good value” (using indefinite article “a”) The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are InWhat’s a semi-formal American equivalent for the British expression “value for money”?Why do Americans say “tuna fish”?Response-uncountable?Why the indefinite article in “have a good time”?Indefinite article after as?Why do we say “I am in a good mood” and not just “I am in good mood”?Why do Americans 'tell' you Good Morning?Why indefinite article with “imagination”?Indefinite article with uncountable nounsHow suitable is the term “blacks” to specify an ethnic group?use of indefinite article before many varying uncountable nouns
Why can I use a list index as an indexing variable in a for loop?
Why can't devices on different VLANs, but on the same subnet, communicate?
Can withdrawing asylum be illegal?
Why didn't the Event Horizon Telescope team mention Sagittarius A*?
Why are there uneven bright areas in this photo of black hole?
What information about me do stores get via my credit card?
The difference between dialogue marks
Can there be female White Walkers?
Can we generate random numbers using irrational numbers like π and e?
Old scifi movie from the 50s or 60s with men in solid red uniforms who interrogate a spy from the past
Will it cause any balance problems to have PCs level up and gain the benefits of a long rest mid-fight?
Are there any other methods to apply to solving simultaneous equations?
Can you cast a spell on someone in the Ethereal Plane, if you are on the Material Plane and have the True Seeing spell active?
Kerning for subscripts of sigma?
What do hard-Brexiteers want with respect to the Irish border?
I am an eight letter word. What am I?
The phrase "to the numbers born"?
A word that means fill it to the required quantity
Short story: man watches girlfriend's spaceship entering a 'black hole' (?) forever
Why isn't the circumferential light around the M87 black hole's event horizon symmetric?
How do you keep chess fun when your opponent constantly beats you?
Button changing its text & action. Good or terrible?
Is it okay to consider publishing in my first year of PhD?
How to charge AirPods to keep battery healthy?
Why do U.S. Americans say “a good value” (using indefinite article “a”)
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are InWhat’s a semi-formal American equivalent for the British expression “value for money”?Why do Americans say “tuna fish”?Response-uncountable?Why the indefinite article in “have a good time”?Indefinite article after as?Why do we say “I am in a good mood” and not just “I am in good mood”?Why do Americans 'tell' you Good Morning?Why indefinite article with “imagination”?Indefinite article with uncountable nounsHow suitable is the term “blacks” to specify an ethnic group?use of indefinite article before many varying uncountable nouns
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
Take this example from the Airbnb website: "What would have made this listing a better value?"
This souds absolutely horrible and incorrect to my Australian ears (I would omit the "a"). I've also noticed this quite frequently watching Youtube videos with presenters from USA and Canada.
In the only related question I found, respondees (presumably from USA given the nature of the question) use the indefinite article in their responses without so much as aknowledging that it differs from the phrase given by the OP.
Does the indefinite article not suggest that "value" is a coutable noun, thus making its usage bad English?
american-english uncountable-nouns north-american-english countable-nouns
asked 1 hour ago
JeidJeid
1
New contributor
Jeid is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
Take this example from the Airbnb website: "What would have made this listing a better value?"
This souds absolutely horrible and incorrect to my Australian ears (I would omit the "a"). I've also noticed this quite frequently watching Youtube videos with presenters from USA and Canada.
In the only related question I found, respondees (presumably from USA given the nature of the question) use the indefinite article in their responses without so much as aknowledging that it differs from the phrase given by the OP.
Does the indefinite article not suggest that "value" is a coutable noun, thus making its usage bad English?
american-english uncountable-nouns north-american-english countable-nouns
asked 1 hour ago
JeidJeid
1
New contributor
Jeid is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
Take this example from the Airbnb website: "What would have made this listing a better value?"
This souds absolutely horrible and incorrect to my Australian ears (I would omit the "a"). I've also noticed this quite frequently watching Youtube videos with presenters from USA and Canada.
In the only related question I found, respondees (presumably from USA given the nature of the question) use the indefinite article in their responses without so much as aknowledging that it differs from the phrase given by the OP.
Does the indefinite article not suggest that "value" is a coutable noun, thus making its usage bad English?
american-english uncountable-nouns north-american-english countable-nouns
asked 1 hour ago
JeidJeid
1
New contributor
Jeid is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Take this example from the Airbnb website: "What would have made this listing a better value?"
This souds absolutely horrible and incorrect to my Australian ears (I would omit the "a"). I've also noticed this quite frequently watching Youtube videos with presenters from USA and Canada.
In the only related question I found, respondees (presumably from USA given the nature of the question) use the indefinite article in their responses without so much as aknowledging that it differs from the phrase given by the OP.
Does the indefinite article not suggest that "value" is a coutable noun, thus making its usage bad English?
american-english uncountable-nouns north-american-english countable-nouns
american-english uncountable-nouns north-american-english countable-nouns
asked 1 hour ago
JeidJeid
1
New contributor
Jeid is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 1 hour ago
JeidJeid
1
New contributor
Jeid is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 1 hour ago
JeidJeid
1
New contributor
Jeid is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 1 hour ago
JeidJeid
1
asked 1 hour ago
JeidJeid
1
1
New contributor
Jeid is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Jeid is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Jeid is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
add a comment |
0
active
oldest
votes
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "97"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Jeid is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f493571%2fwhy-do-u-s-americans-say-a-good-value-using-indefinite-article-a%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
0
active
oldest
votes
0
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Jeid is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Jeid is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Jeid is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Jeid is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language & Usage Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f493571%2fwhy-do-u-s-americans-say-a-good-value-using-indefinite-article-a%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
