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- 복수 앞에서
- 비가산명사(물질명사) 앞에서
advice: a piece of advice
furniture: You need some more furniture
hair: 비가산명사이지만, a hair, two hairs처럼 쓰인다.
She has black hair;
The fisherman used a hair to tie the feather to the hook.
- 뜻이 구체화 되는 경우
We write on paper; I've got a paper(newspaper).
Iron is metal; I use an iron(electric iron)
- 추상명사(abstract noun)
beauty, happiness, fear
- 식사명 앞에서: We have breakfast at eight;
특정한 식사를 나타낼 때는 생략하지 않음: He gave us a good breakfast.
- 직위(title)를 부여할 때
They made him king; He was given the title of Duke
- turn, go의 다음에 보어로 쓰일 때
John started out a music student before he turned linguist.