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The rat is nibbling cheese The rat is nibbling a cheese - I interpret that the rat is nibbling a whole cheese, not just a piece.
- The rat is nibbling cheese The rat is nibbling a cheese - I interpret that the rat is nibbling a whole cheese, not just a piece.
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The rat is nibbling cheese
The rat is nibbling a cheese - I interpret that the rat is nibbling a whole cheese, not just a piece.
The rat is nibbling a cheese - I interpret that the rat is nibbling a whole cheese, not just a piece.
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Thank you.
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The rat is nibbling a cheese - I interpret that the rat is nibbling a whole cheese, not just a piece.
I find this surprising because 'cheese' is a mass noun and it seems to me that we don't normally nibble on a type or brand of cheese without making it more apparent as to what type or brand it is. A tomato in a sentence might be taken as a
You wrote:
The rat is nibbling a cheese - I interpret that the rat is nibbling a whole cheese, not just a piece.
I find this surprising because 'cheese' is a mass noun and it seems to me that we don't normally nibble on a type or brand of cheese without making it more apparent as to what type or brand it is. A tomato in a sentence might be taken as a
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The rat is nibbling at/on a piece of cheese or some cheese.
[Didn't we go through this last week?]
[Didn't we go through this last week?]
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AnonymousYou wrote:
The rat is nibbling a cheese - I interpret that the rat is nibbling a whole cheese, not just a piece.
I find this surprising because 'cheese' is a mass noun and it seems to me that we don't normally nibble on a type or brand of cheese without making it more apparent as to what type or brand it is. A tomato in a sentence might be t
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