An example sentence of Oxford Dictionary seems to be wrong
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When i look up the word"sheer" in the 7th edition oxford advanced learner's English-Chinese Dictionary,it gives me an example sentence"The concert was sheer delight",but i think there should be an indefinite article "a" before "delight",because i think it's more reasonable that "delight" means something that gives you great pleasure here,and it should be used as a countable noun.
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When i look up the word"sheer" in the 7th edition oxford advanced learner's English-Chinese Dictionary,it gives me an example sentence"The concert was sheer delight",but i think there should be an indefinite article "a" before "delight",because i think it's more reasonable that "delight" means something that gives you great pleasure here,and it should be used as a countable noun.
Here is the photos i take of my dictionary:
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I see nothing wrong with it. "Delight" can be countable or uncountable.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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Both "a sheer delight" and "sheer delight" are good English, imo. Without the article, it strikes me as a kind of figure of speech, where the sentence is exaggerated beyond merely saying that "a delight" is an attribute of the concert, but the concert is equated to the sensation of delight itself.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
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What Greg Lee said, plus a sentence that sounds much better without the "a": "The hike from the summit back to Camp Four in the storm was sheer terror." You would not say "a sheer terror" in this example.
– ab2
yesterday
You dictionary definitions actually seem to say explicitly 'delight' can be (definition one) '[U]' uncountable, or (definition two) '[C]' countable. It can be an uncountable feeling or a countable thing.
– fred2
yesterday
Thank you all.Here is my understanding of this:If i want to emphasize my feeling to something when using "sheer",it will be better not to add an article before the emotion word like delight,terror,tragedy,etc.Is that right?
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When i look up the word"sheer" in the 7th edition oxford advanced learner's English-Chinese Dictionary,it gives me an example sentence"The concert was sheer delight",but i think there should be an indefinite article "a" before "delight",because i think it's more reasonable that "delight" means something that gives you great pleasure here,and it should be used as a countable noun.
Here is the photos i take of my dictionary:
dictionaries sentence-correction example
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When i look up the word"sheer" in the 7th edition oxford advanced learner's English-Chinese Dictionary,it gives me an example sentence"The concert was sheer delight",but i think there should be an indefinite article "a" before "delight",because i think it's more reasonable that "delight" means something that gives you great pleasure here,and it should be used as a countable noun.
Here is the photos i take of my dictionary:
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I see nothing wrong with it. "Delight" can be countable or uncountable.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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Both "a sheer delight" and "sheer delight" are good English, imo. Without the article, it strikes me as a kind of figure of speech, where the sentence is exaggerated beyond merely saying that "a delight" is an attribute of the concert, but the concert is equated to the sensation of delight itself.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
1
What Greg Lee said, plus a sentence that sounds much better without the "a": "The hike from the summit back to Camp Four in the storm was sheer terror." You would not say "a sheer terror" in this example.
– ab2
yesterday
You dictionary definitions actually seem to say explicitly 'delight' can be (definition one) '[U]' uncountable, or (definition two) '[C]' countable. It can be an uncountable feeling or a countable thing.
– fred2
yesterday
Thank you all.Here is my understanding of this:If i want to emphasize my feeling to something when using "sheer",it will be better not to add an article before the emotion word like delight,terror,tragedy,etc.Is that right?
– user323406
yesterday
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I see nothing wrong with it. "Delight" can be countable or uncountable.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
1
Both "a sheer delight" and "sheer delight" are good English, imo. Without the article, it strikes me as a kind of figure of speech, where the sentence is exaggerated beyond merely saying that "a delight" is an attribute of the concert, but the concert is equated to the sensation of delight itself.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
1
What Greg Lee said, plus a sentence that sounds much better without the "a": "The hike from the summit back to Camp Four in the storm was sheer terror." You would not say "a sheer terror" in this example.
– ab2
yesterday
You dictionary definitions actually seem to say explicitly 'delight' can be (definition one) '[U]' uncountable, or (definition two) '[C]' countable. It can be an uncountable feeling or a countable thing.
– fred2
yesterday
Thank you all.Here is my understanding of this:If i want to emphasize my feeling to something when using "sheer",it will be better not to add an article before the emotion word like delight,terror,tragedy,etc.Is that right?
– user323406
yesterday
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I see nothing wrong with it. "Delight" can be countable or uncountable.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
I see nothing wrong with it. "Delight" can be countable or uncountable.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
1
1
Both "a sheer delight" and "sheer delight" are good English, imo. Without the article, it strikes me as a kind of figure of speech, where the sentence is exaggerated beyond merely saying that "a delight" is an attribute of the concert, but the concert is equated to the sensation of delight itself.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
Both "a sheer delight" and "sheer delight" are good English, imo. Without the article, it strikes me as a kind of figure of speech, where the sentence is exaggerated beyond merely saying that "a delight" is an attribute of the concert, but the concert is equated to the sensation of delight itself.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
1
1
What Greg Lee said, plus a sentence that sounds much better without the "a": "The hike from the summit back to Camp Four in the storm was sheer terror." You would not say "a sheer terror" in this example.
– ab2
yesterday
What Greg Lee said, plus a sentence that sounds much better without the "a": "The hike from the summit back to Camp Four in the storm was sheer terror." You would not say "a sheer terror" in this example.
– ab2
yesterday
You dictionary definitions actually seem to say explicitly 'delight' can be (definition one) '[U]' uncountable, or (definition two) '[C]' countable. It can be an uncountable feeling or a countable thing.
– fred2
yesterday
You dictionary definitions actually seem to say explicitly 'delight' can be (definition one) '[U]' uncountable, or (definition two) '[C]' countable. It can be an uncountable feeling or a countable thing.
– fred2
yesterday
Thank you all.Here is my understanding of this:If i want to emphasize my feeling to something when using "sheer",it will be better not to add an article before the emotion word like delight,terror,tragedy,etc.Is that right?
– user323406
yesterday
Thank you all.Here is my understanding of this:If i want to emphasize my feeling to something when using "sheer",it will be better not to add an article before the emotion word like delight,terror,tragedy,etc.Is that right?
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In the sentence 'The concert was sheer delight' the word sheer means 'completely' and the word delight means pleasant. That is the reason why it does not have a 'a' before the word delight
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Actually, in this context "sheer" is an adjective and "delight" is a noun.
– Hot Licks
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In the sentence 'The concert was sheer delight' the word sheer means 'completely' and the word delight means pleasant. That is the reason why it does not have a 'a' before the word delight
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In the sentence 'The concert was sheer delight' the word sheer means 'completely' and the word delight means pleasant. That is the reason why it does not have a 'a' before the word delight
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In the sentence 'The concert was sheer delight' the word sheer means 'completely' and the word delight means pleasant. That is the reason why it does not have a 'a' before the word delight
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In the sentence 'The concert was sheer delight' the word sheer means 'completely' and the word delight means pleasant. That is the reason why it does not have a 'a' before the word delight
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Actually, in this context "sheer" is an adjective and "delight" is a noun.
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Actually, in this context "sheer" is an adjective and "delight" is a noun.
– Hot Licks
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Actually, in this context "sheer" is an adjective and "delight" is a noun.
– Hot Licks
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Actually, in this context "sheer" is an adjective and "delight" is a noun.
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I see nothing wrong with it. "Delight" can be countable or uncountable.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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Both "a sheer delight" and "sheer delight" are good English, imo. Without the article, it strikes me as a kind of figure of speech, where the sentence is exaggerated beyond merely saying that "a delight" is an attribute of the concert, but the concert is equated to the sensation of delight itself.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
1
What Greg Lee said, plus a sentence that sounds much better without the "a": "The hike from the summit back to Camp Four in the storm was sheer terror." You would not say "a sheer terror" in this example.
– ab2
yesterday
You dictionary definitions actually seem to say explicitly 'delight' can be (definition one) '[U]' uncountable, or (definition two) '[C]' countable. It can be an uncountable feeling or a countable thing.
– fred2
yesterday
Thank you all.Here is my understanding of this:If i want to emphasize my feeling to something when using "sheer",it will be better not to add an article before the emotion word like delight,terror,tragedy,etc.Is that right?
– user323406
yesterday