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gmat club grammar book query [#permalink] New post   14 Feb 2021, 16:10
Hi.... In the book its mentioned "A or an only precede singular count nouns"

Example - It was an honor to meet the president

Honor is uncountable noun still its used....why?
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Re: gmat club grammar book query [#permalink] New post   15 Feb 2021, 09:58
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Example - It was an honor to meet the president

Hi Ashish, this is a case where the pronoun (it) is used before the noun phrase to meet the president.

So,

It was an honor to meet the president.

is equivalent to:

It (to meet the president) was an honor.

p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses usages where pronoun is used before the antecedent, their application and examples in significant detail. If you or someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.
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Re: gmat club grammar book query [#permalink] New post   14 Feb 2021, 16:20
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Hi.... In the book its mentioned "A or an only precede singular count nouns"

Example - It was an honor to meet the president

Honor is uncountable noun still its used....why?
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gmat club grammar book query [#permalink] New post   14 Feb 2021, 22:55
"It" is acting as a sentence introducer here. "It" and "that" have this functionality where they sometimes just introduce the sentence.
For eg: That the prices are going higher is a concern for all.
Here the fact that prices are going higher is a concern and "That" doesn't have any antecedent as it is just introducing the sentence.
Similarly, It was an honor to meet the president
"It" here can not refer to honor. If we replace it with honor, we get honor was an honor to meet the president and this is definitely not correct.

It is just a sentence introducer here or place filler as some prep companies say.
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Re: gmat club grammar book query [#permalink] New post   15 Feb 2021, 03:27
Stick to official guide questions. It is a rule, but don't bother with it so much as it is not tested on the GMAT.
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Re: gmat club grammar book query [#permalink] New post   15 Feb 2021, 11:34
Hi...Thank you guyz for reply.

However my doubt is slightly different from "its" usage...

My doubt is why is article "an" used before uncountable noun "honor", when the book states otherwise
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