I was doing 'articles' exercise on the web. I found this sentence,
Ben has a terrible headache.
Why 'a' is used here. The terrible headache is not a countable noun. Thus, 'a' should not be used here. I feel the correct sentence is "Ben has terrible headache." However, the correct answer is the following: "Ben has a terrible headache."
I am confused. Please do help me.
Can I say, "I had headache."?
Answer
Actually, headache is a countable noun.
So you should say, I had a headache, not I had headache.
Most dictionaries give the definitions without saying anything about a noun being countable or uncountable. However, some dictionaries do. To check the countability of a noun online, I recommend Macmillan Dictionary and Collins Dictionaries.
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