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    • #1465
      GambitSquared
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      Consider the following two sentences:

      A year has twelve months 一年有十二個月 Yī nián yǒu shí’èr gè yuè

      A year has threehundreds sixtyfive days 一年有三百六十五天 yī nián yǒu sānbǎi liùshíwǔ tiān

      Why is the measureword 個 left out in the second sentence? What is the general grammar rule for cases like this?

    • #1466
      CaoJing
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      Because 年 ,月 and 星期 are nouns, but 天,日 and 周 can be nouns and measure words. Thus, when we use 天,日,周,it`s unnecessary to add other measure words before them. 

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      persanker
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