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Thank you for checking my question.I found this sentence.The beach was covered with a beautiful white sand.I don’t think this sentence needs “a” because “beautiful white sand” means substance (or material) in general here.“Sand” has the modification “beautiful white,” but in this case, the writer doesn’t mean a specific thing that has a boundary, I guess.Also, the writer doesn’t use “a beautiful white sand” as a type of sand because this sentence has “covered with.” So, I think a noun that means general substance/material should be after “with.”I don’t know the nuance of “a beautiful white sand” in this sentence.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

LittleshiroI don’t think this sentence needs “a” because “beautiful white sand” means substance (or material) in general here.

Correct.

Littleshirothe writer doesn’t use “a beautiful white sand” as a type of sand because this sentence has “covered with.”

I don't see any contradiction between the use of "a" to mean a type and the use of "covered with". I don't know where you got that idea.

Littleshirothe nuance of “a beautiful white sand” in this sentence

Often, a(n) shows a temporary, transitory, or unusual characteristic.

The idea is that the whiteness of the sand or the white sand itself looked especially beautiful as seen by the writer on that particular occasion.

Similarly,

When Jake wrecked the car, an angry father greeted him at the door.

Jake's father had become angry on that occasion.

CJ

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