Can ‘calorific value’ be used without an article?
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While reading the following sentence, I was wondering why the term calorific value doesn't take an article. I have been taught that a singular noun always takes an article unless it is part of an idiomatic construction. Is there any other rule that I am missing?
A good fuel should possess high calorific value because calorific value
determines the efficiency of the fuel.
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While reading the following sentence, I was wondering why the term calorific value doesn't take an article. I have been taught that a singular noun always takes an article unless it is part of an idiomatic construction. Is there any other rule that I am missing?
A good fuel should possess high calorific value because calorific value
determines the efficiency of the fuel.
articles
edited 6 hours ago
Janus Bahs Jacquet
29.2k568125
asked 7 hours ago
Arun
565214
Mass/non-count nouns do not require determiners, but I wouldn’t call calorific value a non-count noun as such. Was this written by a native speaker? It strikes me as being slightly unidiomatic, partly because of the missing determiners (though I’ll admit I can’t quite figure out why I only find it slightly inelegant here and not ungrammatical), but also because possess seems an oddly anthropomorphic verb to use for this. It would be much more natural to me to just say, “A good fuel should have a high calorific value”.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
5 hours ago
Does length take an article?
– michael.hor257k
5 hours ago
It was indeed written by a non-native speaker. The "value" in the example sentence is very much a count noun. Also, My question related to (non)use of an article before such nouns in general. Consider also the following sentence: "Heat value or calorific value determines the energy content of a fuel". TIA.
– Arun
4 hours ago
Is it "calorific value" or caloric value?
– Ellie Kesselman
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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While reading the following sentence, I was wondering why the term calorific value doesn't take an article. I have been taught that a singular noun always takes an article unless it is part of an idiomatic construction. Is there any other rule that I am missing?
A good fuel should possess high calorific value because calorific value
determines the efficiency of the fuel.
articles
edited 6 hours ago
Janus Bahs Jacquet
29.2k568125
asked 7 hours ago
Arun
565214
While reading the following sentence, I was wondering why the term calorific value doesn't take an article. I have been taught that a singular noun always takes an article unless it is part of an idiomatic construction. Is there any other rule that I am missing?
A good fuel should possess high calorific value because calorific value
determines the efficiency of the fuel.
articles
articles
edited 6 hours ago
Janus Bahs Jacquet
29.2k568125
asked 7 hours ago
Arun
565214
edited 6 hours ago
Janus Bahs Jacquet
29.2k568125
asked 7 hours ago
Arun
565214
edited 6 hours ago
Janus Bahs Jacquet
29.2k568125
edited 6 hours ago
Janus Bahs Jacquet
29.2k568125
edited 6 hours ago
Janus Bahs Jacquet
29.2k568125
29.2k568125
asked 7 hours ago
Arun
565214
asked 7 hours ago
Arun
565214
asked 7 hours ago
Arun
565214
565214
Mass/non-count nouns do not require determiners, but I wouldn’t call calorific value a non-count noun as such. Was this written by a native speaker? It strikes me as being slightly unidiomatic, partly because of the missing determiners (though I’ll admit I can’t quite figure out why I only find it slightly inelegant here and not ungrammatical), but also because possess seems an oddly anthropomorphic verb to use for this. It would be much more natural to me to just say, “A good fuel should have a high calorific value”.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
5 hours ago
Does length take an article?
– michael.hor257k
5 hours ago
It was indeed written by a non-native speaker. The "value" in the example sentence is very much a count noun. Also, My question related to (non)use of an article before such nouns in general. Consider also the following sentence: "Heat value or calorific value determines the energy content of a fuel". TIA.
– Arun
4 hours ago
Is it "calorific value" or caloric value?
– Ellie Kesselman
4 hours ago
add a comment |
Mass/non-count nouns do not require determiners, but I wouldn’t call calorific value a non-count noun as such. Was this written by a native speaker? It strikes me as being slightly unidiomatic, partly because of the missing determiners (though I’ll admit I can’t quite figure out why I only find it slightly inelegant here and not ungrammatical), but also because possess seems an oddly anthropomorphic verb to use for this. It would be much more natural to me to just say, “A good fuel should have a high calorific value”.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
5 hours ago
Does length take an article?
– michael.hor257k
5 hours ago
It was indeed written by a non-native speaker. The "value" in the example sentence is very much a count noun. Also, My question related to (non)use of an article before such nouns in general. Consider also the following sentence: "Heat value or calorific value determines the energy content of a fuel". TIA.
– Arun
4 hours ago
Is it "calorific value" or caloric value?
– Ellie Kesselman
4 hours ago
Mass/non-count nouns do not require determiners, but I wouldn’t call calorific value a non-count noun as such. Was this written by a native speaker? It strikes me as being slightly unidiomatic, partly because of the missing determiners (though I’ll admit I can’t quite figure out why I only find it slightly inelegant here and not ungrammatical), but also because possess seems an oddly anthropomorphic verb to use for this. It would be much more natural to me to just say, “A good fuel should have a high calorific value”.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
5 hours ago
Mass/non-count nouns do not require determiners, but I wouldn’t call calorific value a non-count noun as such. Was this written by a native speaker? It strikes me as being slightly unidiomatic, partly because of the missing determiners (though I’ll admit I can’t quite figure out why I only find it slightly inelegant here and not ungrammatical), but also because possess seems an oddly anthropomorphic verb to use for this. It would be much more natural to me to just say, “A good fuel should have a high calorific value”.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
5 hours ago
Does length take an article?
– michael.hor257k
5 hours ago
Does length take an article?
– michael.hor257k
5 hours ago
It was indeed written by a non-native speaker. The "value" in the example sentence is very much a count noun. Also, My question related to (non)use of an article before such nouns in general. Consider also the following sentence: "Heat value or calorific value determines the energy content of a fuel". TIA.
– Arun
4 hours ago
It was indeed written by a non-native speaker. The "value" in the example sentence is very much a count noun. Also, My question related to (non)use of an article before such nouns in general. Consider also the following sentence: "Heat value or calorific value determines the energy content of a fuel". TIA.
– Arun
4 hours ago
Is it "calorific value" or caloric value?
– Ellie Kesselman
4 hours ago
Is it "calorific value" or caloric value?
– Ellie Kesselman
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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Mass/non-count nouns do not require determiners, but I wouldn’t call calorific value a non-count noun as such. Was this written by a native speaker? It strikes me as being slightly unidiomatic, partly because of the missing determiners (though I’ll admit I can’t quite figure out why I only find it slightly inelegant here and not ungrammatical), but also because possess seems an oddly anthropomorphic verb to use for this. It would be much more natural to me to just say, “A good fuel should have a high calorific value”.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
5 hours ago
Does length take an article?
– michael.hor257k
5 hours ago
It was indeed written by a non-native speaker. The "value" in the example sentence is very much a count noun. Also, My question related to (non)use of an article before such nouns in general. Consider also the following sentence: "Heat value or calorific value determines the energy content of a fuel". TIA.
– Arun
4 hours ago
Is it "calorific value" or caloric value?
– Ellie Kesselman
4 hours ago