ネイティブの耳にはどう聞こえるか

>>142

That is, "uncountable
abstract nouns" can be used with articles when they imply concrete
instances. For example, you may say "a love we cherished" or
"a peace in the Middle East"?

What do you think of this explanation of mine?


I think it sounds good.

>>144
Now, I just wrote "I ventured to generalize the difference between
image and text" (without articles). For in this case, it seems
OK to me to use the two words without articles, while I think
I could have written "an image and a text" too. I want to hear
your opinions about this. Which do you think is better, or which
is correct and which is wrong?

I think the level of the conversation you were having should have allowed you to use use the words image and text without an article.
Maybe she thought that you speach, the way you express yourself, was too elevated in general and as a reflex tried to bring it down a little.
This is just speculation.

What do you do for a living Mr Naoki?

BTW my name is La Salle