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Is this grammatically correct: Near seamless reading experience is created
Posted: 27 Dec 2018, 09:10
by Scott
Is the following sentence grammatically correct:
Near seamless reading experience is created?
Or is adding the article "a" before it required to make it read as follows:
A near seamless reading experience is created.
Keep in mind, I am not asking which one
sounds better. I would bet we all agree the second sounds better. However, I am not sure if the first one is technically grammatically incorrect.
Re: Is this grammatically correct: Near seamless reading experience is created
Posted: 27 Dec 2018, 10:34
by bookowlie
The first sentence is incorrect. If the word had been "experiences," then the sentence would be grammatically correct.
INCORRECT: Near seamless reading experience is created.
CORRECT: A near seamless reading experience is created.
CORRECT (with the plural form of the word): Near seamless reading experiences are created.
Re: Is this grammatically correct: Near seamless reading experience is created
Posted: 27 Dec 2018, 10:36
by MrsCatInTheHat
bookowlie wrote: ↑27 Dec 2018, 10:34
The first sentence is incorrect. If the word had been "experiences," then the sentence would be grammatically correct.
INCORRECT: Near seamless reading experience is created.
CORRECT: A near seamless reading experience is created.
CORRECT (with the plural form of the word): Near seamless reading experiences are created.
I concur with bookowlie.
Re: Is this grammatically correct: Near seamless reading experience is created
Posted: 27 Dec 2018, 10:42
by bookowlie
I often see the same of error -
The man had job.
They went to see movie.
He gave gift to his wife.
Re: Is this grammatically correct: Near seamless reading experience is created
Posted: 30 Dec 2018, 19:32
by Espie
Scott wrote: ↑27 Dec 2018, 09:10
Is the following sentence grammatically correct:
Near seamless reading experience is created?
Or is adding the article "a" before it required to make it read as follows:
A near seamless reading experience is created.
Keep in mind, I am not asking which one
sounds better. I would bet we all agree the second sounds better. However, I am not sure if the first one is technically grammatically incorrect.
The following are my thoughts:
A.
Sample sentence 2 is definitely correct. I agree with
@bookowlie and
@CatInTheHat.
B.
Sample sentence 1 may also be correct. Considerations are the following:
1. On its own, the word "experience" could be countable as well as uncountable (that may not require a determiner).
References:
https://www.learnenglish.de/mistakes/experience.html
https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/experience
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... experience
2. Whereas I am more likely to say that it is used as a countable noun in the sentence, the syntax used in
sample sentence 1 may also be correct (and not to be penalised under the "Spelling and Grammar" section). As to the resulting meaning of the sentence with its current syntax, that's the debatable part (which may be discussed under the "Editor's Subjective Rating" metric).
References:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org ... articles-1
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/articles/
I'm also curious to know what others think.
Happy New Year, everyone!