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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

adjectives for uncountable nouns

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00I am going to put some adjectives, including some expressions of quantities, in front of the variable noun 'discussion' and wish you would tell me if what I did is correct.02br
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001. all discussion 02br
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002. all discussions02br
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003. most of discussion02br
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004. much discussion02br
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005. a little discussion02br
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006. fierce discussion02br
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007. disoriented discussion02br
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008. several discussions02br
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009. some discussion02br
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0010. a number of discussion02br
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0011. a lot of discussion02br
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0012. a great deal of discussion02br
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0013. plenty of discussion02br
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0014. a majority of discussion02br
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00Would you say all cases, except 2 and 8, are looking at the word 'discussion' in its conceptual sense and not in distinct individual terms? 0-
  

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01. all discussion - yes02br 02br 002. all discussions - yes02br 02br 003.

— Nona the brit

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  • all discussion - yes02br 02br 002.
  • all discussions - yes02br 02br 003.
  • most of discussion - no 'most of the discussion'.
  • 02br 02br 004.
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01. all discussion - yes02br
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002. all discussions - yes02br
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003. most of discussion - no 'most of the discussion'. 02br
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004. much discussion - yes02br
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005. a little discussion - yes but I don't think that is what you meant. This would be a specific short discussion. little discussion without the
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