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 #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:22 am Using of use and usage :) |
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1) when usage and use should be used with (indefinite) article? (as in (2) and (3)) -- As with other nouns that can be countable or uncountable, use the indefinite article when it is an unspecific or non-previously-mentioned, etc, countable noun.
2) more clearly - the difference between use and usage when they are used without article, (1)-- the difference is not related to countability. In language, usage is established use; use is pragmatic usage. Actually, however, they are cavalierly mixed by most writers (including me).
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:41 am Remission :) |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: |
| Actually, however, they are cavalierly mixed by most writers (including me). |
This means that I, not being a mad linguist nor even an English-Writer-with-a-Capital-Letter, don't need to know that difference at all. Actually.
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Thank you, Mister Micawber.
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