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Ohayo_suki Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Countable & uncountable nouns
Hi all
I need help regarding this topic. Can someone provide me an explanation as to why the following are uncountable?
-chalk, soap, money, time
From what i know, 'a little' is use with uncountable nouns & 'a few' is use with countable nouns. So are the following sentences correct?? If yes, is it because by using words like 'bars'and 'drops' with nouns, this makes the noun to be countable??
1. A little soap
2. A few bars of soap
3. A little ink
4. A few drops of ink
5. A little bread
6. A few slice of bread
Thanks alot for your help!!
I need help regarding this topic. Can someone provide me an explanation as to why the following are uncountable?
-chalk, soap, money, time
From what i know, 'a little' is use with uncountable nouns & 'a few' is use with countable nouns. So are the following sentences correct?? If yes, is it because by using words like 'bars'and 'drops' with nouns, this makes the noun to be countable??
1. A little soap
2. A few bars of soap
3. A little ink
4. A few drops of ink
5. A little bread
6. A few slice of bread
Thanks alot for your help!!
Top answer
", which ran yesterday. All of your phrases are correct apart from 6 - "a few SLICES of bread". Chalk, soap, money and time are indeed conventionally uncountable.
- ", which ran yesterday.
- All of your phrases are correct apart from 6 - "a few SLICES of bread".
- Chalk, soap, money and time are indeed conventionally uncountable.
- You've probably been told that several times already.
- Rommie
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Please see the thread "An overtime or a overtime?", which ran yesterday.
All of your phrases are correct apart from 6 - "a few SLICES of bread".
Chalk, soap, money and time are indeed conventionally uncountable. You've probably been told that several times already.
All of your phrases are correct apart from 6 - "a few SLICES of bread".
Chalk, soap, money and time are indeed conventionally uncountable. You've probably been told that several times already.
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I have difficulties in choosing the correct form in some nouns.
For example, we'd say:
"I have some experience in teaching." - uncountable
but we also say
"He talks about his experienceS as a policeman." - countable
Should abstract concepts always be uncountable? It's what my
teachers told me when I was at school.
For example, we'd say:
"I have some experience in teaching." - uncountable
but we also say
"He talks about his experienceS as a policeman." - countable
Should abstract concepts always be uncountable? It's what my
teachers told me when I was at school.
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Your teachers were wrong. (Or at least, they were simplifiying things to the point where their explanations were no longer accurate). Please see the other thread I mentioned above.
What I'm trying to get across is that you can use a nominally countable noun in an uncountable context, and you can use a nominally uncountable noun in a countable context.
You see - the univ
What I'm trying to get across is that you can use a nominally countable noun in an uncountable context, and you can use a nominally uncountable noun in a countable context.
You see - the univ
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Thank you.
Can you expand on your statement which said, "What I'm trying to get across is that you can use a nominally countable noun in an uncountable context, and you can use a nominally uncountable noun in a countable context."?
(Is the punctuation right? Should I not include the period?)
Can you expand on your statement which said, "What I'm trying to get across is that you can use a nominally countable noun in an uncountable context, and you can use a nominally uncountable noun in a countable context."?
(Is the punctuation right? Should I not include the period?)
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0 But I have a problem, because, they're not giving me sentences, just words, for example, voice, husband, etc.. so, I'm confused about classifying so many words in countable and uncountable words. 02 br
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00 If you want to post your words and how you classify them, we can check it for you. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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00 If you want to post your words and how you classify them, we can check it for you. 02 br
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