It was very clean with big rooms, swimming pool and a tennis court.

Hi there!
I was reading an email written by a non native English speaker and I came across the following :
" I stayed in a fancy hotel in London. It was very clean with big rooms, swimming pool and a tennis court."
My question is: Is the second sentence grammatically correct?
Thanks in advance

Hay said:

Hi there!
I was reading an email written by a non native English speaker and I came across the following :
" I stayed in a fancy hotel in London. It was very clean with big rooms, swimming pool and a tennis court."
My question is: Is the second sentence grammatically correct?

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I would expect to see an indefinite article (a), before "swimming pool". Otherwise, it's fine.

Hay said:

Hi there! Unnecessary. Just go ahead with your post.

I was reading an email written by a non-native English speaker and I came across the following:
"I stayed in a fancy hotel in London. It was very clean with big rooms, a swimming pool and a tennis court."
My question is: Is the second sentence grammatically correct?

Thanks in advance Unnecessary. Thank us after we help you, by adding the "Thanks" icon to any post you find helpful.

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Please note my corrections and comments above.

I agree that technically the article's needed, but for some reason it sounds all right as it is to me.

Barque said:

I agree that technically the article's needed, but for some reason it sounds all right as it is to me.

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It would be correct without the article only if the preceding noun was a singular noun with "a".

I see what you mean. You'd have had to drop the article before "tennis court" too in that case, ideally.

Barque said:

I see what you mean. You'd have had to drop the article before "tennis court" too in that case, ideally.

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Yes, absolutely.

The hotel has a sauna, swimming pool and tennis court.

It's not incorrect without the article before swimming pool. The article isn't necessary before tennis court, either, but the fact that the former noun phrase doesn't use an article where the latter does is inconsistent. As a written sentence, there really ought to be a comma before with big rooms, and ideally one before and a tennis court.