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We have excellent command vs. we have an excellent command Wed Dec 06, 2006 17:24 pm  We have excellent command vs. we have an excellent command
 

Hi, could you please take a look at the sentence below and tell me if it sounds good. In my opinion, it should read 'an excellent command'...

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We have excellent command vs. we have an excellent command Wed Dec 06, 2006 18:10 pm  We have excellent command vs. we have an excellent command
 

Hi Torsten,

I agree although it has become almost fashionable at least in the UK to omit the article when the noun is qualified. You often hear here things like: That's very good job, It's not easy task and so on.

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We have excellent command vs. we have an excellent command Wed Dec 06, 2006 22:11 pm  We have excellent command vs. we have an excellent command
 

Alan wrote:
......... It's not easy task and so on.

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Hi Mister "first in the row of letters" Smile

Alan, I agree, ommiting the article in the above sentence sounds awful, at least to me it does. In some other topics here at the site I have read a solution for such cases that sounds like "It?s no easy task" or "It?s no good/bad/......" Anyroad it, too, doesn?t sound pretty well. Is it slangy too?

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