Curfew: declare, order etc

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me if I can use the word "instituted" with curfew?

Curfew has been instituted for two days.

Tom

[Jamie (K)]

Yes, you can use "instituted" here. A two-day curfew has been instituted. I think you can also say a curfew has been ordered or declared or issued.

[Tom]

Thank you , Jamie

So would you say that "curfew" and "a curfew" are the same?

[Haihao]

I would feel 'curfew' is more abstract while 'a curfew' gives off a sense of concreteness. So it seems to me that it's more natural to say 'A strict curfew has been instituted for two days' than 'strict curfew has been instituted for two days'.

Just my two yen's

Haihao

[Yankee]

I agree with your two yen, Haihao.