English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
HANDLING ARTICLES
You should go and take ~your bath~ now (nonstandard).
You should go and take a bath now (standard). As an idiom, to take a bath also means to suffer a heavy financial loss.
I suspect ~a foul play~ in the whole process (nonstandard).
I suspect foul play in the whole process (standard).
I am ~a talkative~ (nonstandard).
I am talkative (standard).
I am a talkative person (standard). Note that “talkative” and “mediocre” are adjectives and should not be used with article except when followed by a noun.
GAB
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