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Domdom Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
"a" and plural nouns
1. I made a mistake in the excercise.
2. I always make a lot of mistakes when I speak English.
3. The children are making a noise.
4. Our neighbours had a party last night. They made a lot of noise.
"Mistakes" has "s" when It has "a lot of" before. But why doesn't "noise" have "-s" with "a lot of"?
2. I always make a lot of mistakes when I speak English.
3. The children are making a noise.
4. Our neighbours had a party last night. They made a lot of noise.
"Mistakes" has "s" when It has "a lot of" before. But why doesn't "noise" have "-s" with "a lot of"?
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You are on the wrong track. The indefinite article (a) is part of the collocation a lot of and has nothing to do with the plural that follows it. In other words, a and lot go together: a lot.
- You are on the wrong track.
- The indefinite article (a) is part of the collocation a lot of and has nothing to do with the plural that follows it.
- In other words, a and lot go together: a lot.
- Noise simply isn't usually used in the plural in the phrase to make a noise.
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You are on the wrong track. The indefinite article (a) is part of the collocation a lot of and has nothing to do with the plural that follows it. In other words, a and lot go together: a lot. Noise simply isn't usually used in the plural in the phrase to make a noise.
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A lot of can be used before plural countable nouns, eg, mistakes, and uncountable nouns,, eg, noise.
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