Timeline for Why "get message" is wrong but "get messages" is right?
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| Apr 29, 2022 at 15:42 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I think you can only "use a countable noun without an article" if that noun is also capable of being used as a non-count noun. So I always have [a] coffee after dinner is fine with or without the article, but I always have a cigarette after dinner is invalid without the article, because cigarette can only be countable. | |
| Apr 29, 2022 at 15:06 | comment | added | L. B. | Oh I just didn't want to promise that there were no exceptions because this is a language of exceptions. I'm not sure there are any but let me think about it. | |
| Apr 29, 2022 at 14:59 | comment | added | user29750 | What's an example of an unusual case where it's fine to use a countable noun without an article? | |
| Apr 29, 2022 at 14:50 | history | answered | L. B. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |