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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Countable and Uncountable NOUNS
Hi there, I'm having a little bit of trouble with the countable and uncountable nouns.
I was doing an grammar exercice and some of my answers came out wrong can you please help me understand why?
1) I'll have a bag of frozen cauliflower please.
I know cauliflower is a uncountable noun but in this sentence says "a bag of cauliflower" so shouldn't it be a countable noun?
2) Could you pass the peanuts?
I answer Uncountable
Ok this one really got me confused. Rice is uncountable because there are to many to be counted and peanuts shouldn't it be uncountable to?
3)People in Japan also eat sushi.
I answer Uncontable as people there is refering to the population so I guessed that u cannot count, no?
Thanks again
I was doing an grammar exercice and some of my answers came out wrong can you please help me understand why?
1) I'll have a bag of frozen cauliflower please.
I know cauliflower is a uncountable noun but in this sentence says "a bag of cauliflower" so shouldn't it be a countable noun?
2) Could you pass the peanuts?
I answer Uncountable
Ok this one really got me confused. Rice is uncountable because there are to many to be counted and peanuts shouldn't it be uncountable to?
3)People in Japan also eat sushi.
I answer Uncontable as people there is refering to the population so I guessed that u cannot count, no?
Thanks again
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1) "a bag" itself is countable but "frozen cauliflower" is uncountable; it is a substance and substances are uncountable. 2) Could you pass the peanuts. (my dictionary says countable; it seems that, unlike rice, you can count peanuts, which makes sense to me) 3) People in Japan also eat sushi.
- 1) "a bag" itself is countable but "frozen cauliflower" is uncountable; it is a substance and substances are uncountable.
- 2) Could you pass the peanuts.
- (my dictionary says countable; it seems that, unlike rice, you can count peanuts, which makes sense to me) 3) People in Japan also eat sushi.
- (countable; your reasoning is wrong here because it's people (individuals) who eat sushi and not a nation as a whole.
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1) "a bag" itself is countable but "frozen cauliflower" is uncountable; it is a substance and substances are uncountable.
2) Could you pass the peanuts. (my dictionary says countable; it seems that, unlike rice, you can count peanuts, which makes sense to me)
3) People in Japan also eat sushi. (countable; your reasoning is wrong here because it's people (individuals) who eat su
2) Could you pass the peanuts. (my dictionary says countable; it seems that, unlike rice, you can count peanuts, which makes sense to me)
3) People in Japan also eat sushi. (countable; your reasoning is wrong here because it's people (individuals) who eat su
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1) There are pieces of cauliflower in the bag or in the bowl. You are asking for the entirety (here it is non-countable, even though under certain circumstances you could count the pieces).
2) See # 1. [Pass the meat, please = there are slices of meat on the plate, but you are not counting the.]
3) Generally non-countable, although you can certainly count the persons that make
2) See # 1. [Pass the meat, please = there are slices of meat on the plate, but you are not counting the.]
3) Generally non-countable, although you can certainly count the persons that make
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