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Rionyx Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Countable and uncountable noun

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I have difficulty telling countable nouns from uncountable nouns.
For example, I think that the noun 'protest' is similar to the noun 'resistance' in meanings and in addition, these two nouns equally sound abstract to me. Why one(protest) is usually used as a countable noun while the other(resistance) is used as a uncountable noun?

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It sounds easy- When you see protest as a countable noun you refer to the number of times and places people have showed the resistance- there were many protests last week by the workers of cotton garment factories. When we refer to it as an uncountable we just mean the idea of showing resistance.

— Vsuresh

  • It sounds easy- When you see protest as a countable noun you refer to the number of times and places people have showed the resistance- there were many protests last week by the workers of cotton garment factories.
  • When we refer to it as an uncountable we just mean the idea of showing resistance.
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It sounds easy- When you see protest as a countable noun you refer to the number of times and places people have showed the resistance- there were many protests last week by the workers of cotton garment factories.
When we refer to it as an uncountable we just mean the idea of showing resistance.
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Why one(protest) is usually used as a countable noun while the other(resistance) is used as a uncountable noun?-- No particular reason; just community language habit.
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Mister Micawber, Sir, I would like you to express your opinion on the answer I have given for the question about 'protest' being a countable or uncountable noun.
Thank you

suresh
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Your answer is fine and applicable to most or all nouns that have countable and uncountable forms.
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Thank you very much, sir.
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