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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Consciences

Hi,

(1) conscience is a count noun (according to my longman).

Following is a short excerpt from a British textbook.

I like Americans. Americans have consciences. [1]

What if change from the plural to the single here? ->... Americans have conscience [2]

Is [2] correct grammar?
Are [1] and [2] fully equivalent?

(2) Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives (by Samuel Johnson)

This humor is too subtle for me.... If you could explain the meaning?

mus-te
  

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I'm pretty sure that "Americans have conscience" is correct grammar. com/dictionary/british/conscience ) "conscience" is both countable and uncountable. 2) If a person has a conscience he or she can tell right from wrong and act accordingly.

— Ivanhr

  • I'm pretty sure that "Americans have conscience" is correct grammar.
  • com/dictionary/british/conscience ) "conscience" is both countable and uncountable.
  • 2) If a person has a conscience he or she can tell right from wrong and act accordingly.
  • J.
  • apparently thinks that married men made a mistake by getting married and, as a consequence, they have no conscience .
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I'm pretty sure that "Americans have conscience" is correct grammar. According to this dictionary (http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/conscience ) "conscience" is both countable and uncountabl
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Understood. Thank you!
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