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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
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A pool
Her body was found in a pool of blood.
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Blood is uncountable as per dictionary then why have they used used "a pool of blood"?
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/blood
Blood is uncountable as per dictionary then why have they used used "a pool of blood"?
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It's the same as "a pile of sand" or "an armful of firewood". That's how you do it with uncountables. You could have a pile of rocks or an armful of sticks, and those are countable and take a plural.
- It's the same as "a pile of sand" or "an armful of firewood".
- That's how you do it with uncountables.
- You could have a pile of rocks or an armful of sticks, and those are countable and take a plural.
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It's the same as "a pile of sand" or "an armful of firewood". That's how you do it with uncountables. You could have a pile of rocks or an armful of sticks, and those are countable and take a plural.
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