Why do U.S. Americans say “a good value” (using indefinite article “a”)
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Take this example from the Airbnb website: "What would have made this listing a better value?"
This souds absolutely horrible and incorrect to my Australian ears (I would omit the "a"). I've also noticed this quite frequently watching Youtube videos with presenters from USA and Canada.
In the only related question I found, respondees (presumably from USA given the nature of the question) use the indefinite article in their responses without so much as aknowledging that it differs from the phrase given by the OP.
Does the indefinite article not suggest that "value" is a coutable noun, thus making its usage bad English?
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Take this example from the Airbnb website: "What would have made this listing a better value?"
This souds absolutely horrible and incorrect to my Australian ears (I would omit the "a"). I've also noticed this quite frequently watching Youtube videos with presenters from USA and Canada.
In the only related question I found, respondees (presumably from USA given the nature of the question) use the indefinite article in their responses without so much as aknowledging that it differs from the phrase given by the OP.
Does the indefinite article not suggest that "value" is a coutable noun, thus making its usage bad English?
american-english uncountable-nouns north-american-english countable-nouns
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Take this example from the Airbnb website: "What would have made this listing a better value?"
This souds absolutely horrible and incorrect to my Australian ears (I would omit the "a"). I've also noticed this quite frequently watching Youtube videos with presenters from USA and Canada.
In the only related question I found, respondees (presumably from USA given the nature of the question) use the indefinite article in their responses without so much as aknowledging that it differs from the phrase given by the OP.
Does the indefinite article not suggest that "value" is a coutable noun, thus making its usage bad English?
american-english uncountable-nouns north-american-english countable-nouns
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Take this example from the Airbnb website: "What would have made this listing a better value?"
This souds absolutely horrible and incorrect to my Australian ears (I would omit the "a"). I've also noticed this quite frequently watching Youtube videos with presenters from USA and Canada.
In the only related question I found, respondees (presumably from USA given the nature of the question) use the indefinite article in their responses without so much as aknowledging that it differs from the phrase given by the OP.
Does the indefinite article not suggest that "value" is a coutable noun, thus making its usage bad English?
american-english uncountable-nouns north-american-english countable-nouns
american-english uncountable-nouns north-american-english countable-nouns
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