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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

countability

Smoking can increase the risk of developing heart disease.

Here, is risk countable or not?
  

Top answer

It's countable. There is also the risk of developing cancer, and there are many other risks involved with smoking.

— Fivejedjon

  • It's countable.
  • There is also the risk of developing cancer, and there are many other risks involved with smoking.
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It's countable. There is also the risk of developing cancer, and there are many other risks involved with smoking.
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Did you determine it by the grammar of the sentence or the context?
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contrapositionQuoteDid you determine it by the grammar of the sentence or the context?
I simply knew that there were other risks (plural) Even if there had been only one other risk (singular).it was clear that 'risk' was countable
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