Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 295. The title of today's lesson
is to go or be on strike without "a. " Yeah. This is where students might make a
mistake, especially students of ESL They may say somebody went on a strike or
somebody is on a strike. Maybe even a native speaker might make this mistake
too. So let's take a look at the examples here. Of course with the X, this is wrong.
Most of the labor union employees voted to go on a strike. No. When you say "a" of
course with the X, that's wrong. The correct one would be with the check here.
So most of the labor union employees voted to go on strike. That would be
correct. All right. Let's continue. Take a look at the second one again with the X.
This is wrong. He didn't want to go on a strike because he cannot afford to miss
any pay. All right. Again you should say he didn't go on strike because he
couldn't afford to miss any pay. So again no "a." And the last example here. Again
with the X this is wrong. Those workers went on a strike for two months. No those
workers went on strike for two months. Okay. I hope you got it. I hope it's clear.
Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.