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Help, please!



szamoca
Hungary

Help, please!
 
Dear Colleagues,
 
Here �s an excerpt from yesterday �s school finishing exam in Hungary :
 
 Florence Nightingale changed nursing from a mostly untrained job to a highly skilled medical profession with very important __________(responsible)
 
 
According to the key responsibilities is the only solution. Can we have the singular responsibility here?

6 May 2016      





balmau
Spain

I don �t think so, because of the lack of an indefinite article. 

6 May 2016     



redcamarocruiser
United States

I agree. It must be responsibilities.

6 May 2016     



yanogator
United States

Szamoca meant the uncountable, abstract noun "responsibility", not the singular form, which would need an indefinite article.
 
However, I agree that only "responsibilities" works because of the word "important". If it had said "with very much _____", then it would be "responsibility".
 
Bruce 

6 May 2016     



szamoca
Hungary

Thanks a lot. You were extremely helpful!

6 May 2016