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  • juan
    Free Member

    What is the difference between
    Such behaviour
    and such a behaviour?

    cheers

    missingfrontallobe
    Free Member

    Such behaviour = several behaviours from an individual.

    Such a behaviour = one behaviour from an individual.

    That would be my take on this.

    donsimon
    Free Member

    I think that “such behaviour” is using behaviour the uncountable noun whereas “a behaviour” is using behaviour as a countable noun.

    That’s off the top of my head, I am willing to be corrected.

    nbt
    Full Member

    Such behaviour

    Your general demeanour, attitude and comportment

    and such a behaviour?

    the way you behaved in a specific incident / set of circumstances. This is far more speciic and relates to either one incident, or the repeated demonstration of a specific behaviour when subject to the same conditions

    I think, anyway.

    iDave
    Free Member

    A – you’re native
    B – you’re johnny foreigner or camp

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