Dear moderators:
Is the following sentence grammatically correct?
Do you have art class today?

Yes, Joan, it's fine.

Richard

Why is the sentence fine with no article before "art class" or without using the plural countable noun phrase "art classes" ?Is "art class" countable or uncountable?

That's a great question, Joan.

Art class is being used as the name of this course, and we don't normally use the definite article with names. That's why I wouldn't say "the Joan," at least not in this context. The names for all basic classes are without the definite article: history, geography, typing, art, ceramics, math, etc.

By the way, in your example art classes, notice that classes can be singular or plural, but not art since it's the descriptive element of this noun adjunct.

Richard

Richard

quote:

The names for all basic classes are without the definite article

Dear Richard:
So you mean either the indefinite article or the plural countable noun is also possible version of my
example?Like these:
Do you have an art class today?
Do you have art classes today?

Yes, Joan. Those two questions are just fine!

Richard

Hello Richard,

How about just "class" not "art class"? I heard my friend say:

"We can leave now, class is over."

Can I say: "We can leave now, the class is over"? will it sound awkward this way?

Even though it's more common simply to say Class is over, Joan, it's okay to say The class is over, too.

By the way, your example needs to be tweaked. You can write it one of two ways.

as two sentences: We can leave now. Class is over.

OR

as one sentence, but with a semi-colon, not a comma: We can leave now; class is over.

Many thanks for the extra information on punctuation!