"Elle ne peut pas vivre sans climatisation" Why does "climatisation" not have an article?

Ronald P.A2Kwiziq community member

Asked 3 years ago

CélineNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Ronald,

Maarten is correct. See another reply from a previous question on this very topic: sans-reveil

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

Like03 years ago

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Ronald,

Difficult to give a comment without sight of the full text context that you are querying.

Could you quote the text, please?

Jim

Like03 years ago

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

It is to do with 'sans' - no article required/used with general expressions 'sans quelque chose', only if referring to 'without a specific thing'.

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/sans/

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/prepositions-with-nouns/

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