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Default Re: She offered me (a) practical assistance

Sorry but I don't see the parallel. The two sentences are quite different in style. The Summer extract is elaborate and poetic, but contemporary English. The Faustino translation is consciously attempting to reproduce 19th century style.

And as you say - regret is an excellent example of what I said before : most abstract nouns can be used countably or uncountably.
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