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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Better wording

Hi

Which of the following has better wording? And why?
#1. If the noun after 'a lot of' is countable,...
#2. If the noun is uncountable after 'a lot of',...
  

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#1 It's "the noun after 'a lot of'" that you're talking about. You're not talking about a quality called "uncountable after 'a lot of'". CJ

— CalifJim

  • #1 It's "the noun after 'a lot of'" that you're talking about.
  • You're not talking about a quality called "uncountable after 'a lot of'".
  • CJ
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#1 It's "the noun after 'a lot of'" that you're talking about. You're not talking about a quality called "uncountable after 'a lot of'".

CJ
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CalifJim#1 It's "the noun after 'a lot of'" that you're talking about. You're not talking about a quality called "uncountable after 'a lot of'".CJ
Thanks, CJ. Sorry I didn't get what you meant by 'quality'? Could you give me a pair of sentences in which both of the above situations could be correct but have different meanings?
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