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The use of the indefinite article with class nouns.

Class nouns are used with the indefinite article:

1. When the speaker presents the object expressed by the noun as belonging to a certain class. In this case the indefinite article has the meaning of ‘какой-нибудь, какой-то, один’ (in the meaning of ‘некий’).

She has awatch of her own.

On the green surface of the lake alittle boat, with white wings faintly

fluttering, rocked in the dewy breeze. (Voynich)

Close beside them grew arose-bush covered with scarlet hips. (Voynich)

In the plural no article is used in this case. If the idea of number is implied the noun is preceded by the pronoun some.

I liked the room because there were flowers in it.

“I have brought you some flowers...” “I hate to wear flowers.” (Voynich)

2. With a predicative noun, when the speaker states that the object denoted by the noun belongs to a certain class.

Miss Sharp’s father was anartist. (Thackeray)

“Is your brother an agreeable man, Peggotty?” “Oh, what anagreeable man

he is!” (Dickens)

She works as achemist. (Cronin)

In the plural neither the article nor the pronoun some is used.

They are good children, no doubt. (E. Bronte)

“...they were business men when I was in the nursery.” (Voynich)

After the conjunction as a predicative noun is often used without an article.

She was engaged as governess.

3. When the noun is used in a general sense. What is said of one representative of a class can be applied to all the representatives of the class. The article has the meaning of ‘every’.

Adrowning man catches at a straw.

In the plural neither the article nor the pronoun some is used.

Real friends should have everything in common. (Wilde)

4. There are cases when the indefinite article preserves its old original meaning of ‘one’.

Astitch in time saves nine.

He had hardly spoken aword since they left Riccardo’s door... (Voynich)

This meaning is generally found with:

(a) nouns denoting time, measure and weight.

A week or two passed. (Ch. Bronte)

“I’ll overtake you in aminute,” said Godfrey. (Eliot)

(b) the numerals hundred, thousand, million and the nouns dozen, score.

He seems to have half adozen languages at his finger-tips. (Voynich)

With nouns in the plural some is used.

Oliver’s sobs checked his utterance for someminutes. (Dickens)

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