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Re: English question

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Friday, November 30, 2001, 14:13
En réponse à John Cowan <cowan@...>:

> > "The missionaries went to the South Seas to do good, and ended up doing > well." > --I don't know >
I thought in this case 'good' was an uncountable noun for which no article is necessary (as in "Bring me sugar, will you?"). Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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