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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Book can be used unaccountably

'Book' can be used unaccountably? If so, would you give me an example?
  

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Anonymous unaccountably Do you mean as an uncountable noun?

  • Anonymous unaccountably Do you mean as an uncountable noun?
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Anonymous unaccountably
Do you mean as an uncountable noun?
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teechrDo you mean as an uncountable noun?
Yes. I'm highly recommend that you forget the error that I made. OMG
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AnonymousYes. I'm highly recommend that you forget Please disregard the error that I made.
I haven't come across "book" as an uncountable noun; have you?
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teechr Please disregard the error that I made.
Thank you for the suggested revision.
teechrI haven't come across "book" as an uncountable noun; have you?
The following is extracted from The Random House DIctionary of The English Language : 34 without book, a. from memory. b. without authority: to punish
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"bring to book" is another expression in which "book" appears to be used uncountably in that it has no determiner, but these special idiomatic expressions are not fully legitimate examples of uncountable use, in my opinion.
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GPY"bring to book" is another expression in which "book" appears to be used uncountably in that it has no determiner, but these special idiomatic expressions are not fully legitimate examples of uncountable use, in my opinion.
I thought 'book' as an uncountable noun (including the 'book' which is used uncountably in a set phrase) means abstractness of a book.
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AnonymousSo, It seems to me that I can use 'book' as an uncountable noun in many different contexts
No, it is not possible.
AnonymousI solve the problems without book ( Not dependent on any instruction book, only from memory )
I don't know the expression "without book". If I hadn't read Anon's post above, I woul

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