Timeline for Can I say "I sent her a message about"?
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| Dec 12, 2014 at 12:03 | comment | added | Virtuous Legend | Thank you for the help. I think I missed the meaning of the third version (without an article). | |
| Dec 12, 2014 at 11:56 | comment | added | Ben Kovitz | @Dory Yes. All three versions are correct and meaningful. The meanings are slightly different. | |
| Dec 12, 2014 at 11:00 | comment | added | Virtuous Legend | Both of your examples are with articles: a dinner or the dinner - are articles (yes, two kinds of articles of course). If I understand your things properly, you say that it's correct to say "about dinner" without article. | |
| Dec 12, 2014 at 10:22 | comment | added | Ben Kovitz | @Dory About doesn't require its object to have an article. It depends on the object. "A message about dinner" would likely mean tonight's dinner. "A message about the dinner" would mean a special dinner that you've been talking about. "A message about a dinner" would mean a dinner that hasn't been mentioned in the conversation yet. | |
| Dec 12, 2014 at 9:50 | comment | added | Virtuous Legend | maybe "about THE dinner". The word which comes after "about" needs an article. not? | |
| Dec 12, 2014 at 9:10 | history | answered | Ben Kovitz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |