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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Countable or Uncountable?

Which would you choose in the following sentence?

Exposure to a lot of poems and novels make you feel that you know what life is all about even though you have ?no real-life experience / ? no real life experiences.
  

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Exposure to a lot of poems and novels make s you feel that you know what life is all about even though you have no real-life experiences. I don't know of a living soul who is able to read novels and poetry yet has no real-life experiences. Are you thinking of the fairy-tale princess who has been locked up in a tower, or Siddhartha Buddha as a young man?

— AlpheccaStars

  • Exposure to a lot of poems and novels make s you feel that you know what life is all about even though you have no real-life experiences.
  • I don't know of a living soul who is able to read novels and poetry yet has no real-life experiences.
  • Are you thinking of the fairy-tale princess who has been locked up in a tower, or Siddhartha Buddha as a young man?
  • Their parents did not allow them access to either real life or to books which described the real world.
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Exposure to a lot of poems and novels makes you feel that you know what life is all about even though you have no real-life experiences.

I don't know of a living soul who is able to read novels and poetry yet has no real-life experiences. Are you thinking of the fairy-tale princess who has been locked up in a tower, or Siddhartha Buddha as a young man?
Their parents did not a
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real-life experiences in this contect is "work experience."

Some people say that I should use the plural form and others say I should go for the singular form.
I am getting more and more confused.... Are there any grammatical rules to follow in deciding
which to choose? Or it all depends on how it's used in a sentence?
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teacherJapan it all depends on how it's used in a sentence
On a CV, "work experience" is usually non-count.

When you mean a significant episode, "experience" is a count noun.
He had many bad experiences when he lived in the crime-ridden inner city.

See example sentences here:
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