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[Essay/영작] (CM-043) omission of a or an after to be or half / before hundred
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128. Omission of "a"or "an" after the verb "to be"
(X) I'm not teacher, I'm student.
(O) I'm not a teacher, I'm a student.
Use the indefinite article "a" or "an" to express a singular noun-complement of the verb to be.
There's an animal in there. It's a mouse.

129. Omission of "a" or "an" after the word "half"
(X) He drank half glass of milk.
(O) He drank half a glass of milk.
Note: Half a glass(an hour, a day, a mile, etc.) is the shortened form of a glass(of an hour, of a day, of a mile, etc.)

130. Omission of "a" or "one" before "hundred", etc
(X) Hundred years make a century.
(O) A hundred years make a century. "or" One hundred years make a century.
Use the indefinite article "a" or the numeral "one" before "hundred and thousand".