Joseph A Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

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