Is "a" necessary in the following text?
The word "apple" used in the previous version of this manuscript
can be confused with the computer company.
Therefore, throughout this manuscript,
"apple" is replaced with "orange" in order to avoid such confusion.

In the above text,
"in order to avoid such confusion"
should be
"in order to avoid such a confusion"?

In other words, "a" is necessary?

Thank you in advance. :)

Question

Is "a" necessary in the following text?
The word "apple" used in the previous version of this manuscript
can be confused with the computer company.
Therefore, throughout this manuscript, 
"apple" is replaced with "orange" in order to avoid such confusion.

In the above text, 
"in order to avoid such confusion"
should be
"in order to avoid such a confusion"?

In other words, "a" is necessary?

Thank you in advance. :)

Answer

Nope. You'll find in technical and mechanical guides that "a" is unnecessary and grammatically wrong, as "a" means a single example.

Answer

In order to avoid such confusion is right. or else you can simply say in order to avoid confusion instead of using such in the text

Answer

No. You cannot use "a".

Answer

Both are grammatically accurate, but 'a' is not needed.

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