Hello everyone,
Is it okay to use "computer" without an article in the following sentence?
She uses computer to do her homework.
I think it should as follows:
She uses a/the/her computer to do her homework.
Regards,
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Joseph AIs it okay to use "computer" without an article in the following sentence?She uses computer to do her homework.
No. "Computer" is not a mass noun. You can say she uses computers to do her homework in a similar sense, but a simple "a computer", meaning "some computer or other", is much better. "The computer" is a computer previously mentioned. "Her c