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Naweewra Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Countable-Uncountable: fashion

Hello,

When we talk about women's clothes and their trends, is "fashion" in that sense countable or uncountable?

Women's fashion/fashions has/have changed since WWII.

Thank you.

Naweewra
  

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Like many things, I would suggest it can be either, depending on whether you want it to be thought of as a sequence of fashions (countable) or a single all-embracing notion that simply evolves in its qualities (uncountable). d

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  • Like many things, I would suggest it can be either, depending on whether you want it to be thought of as a sequence of fashions (countable) or a single all-embracing notion that simply evolves in its qualities (uncountable).
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Like many things, I would suggest it can be either, depending on whether you want it to be thought of as a sequence of fashions (countable) or a single all-embracing notion that simply evolves in its qualities (uncountable).

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I understand your suggestion. The thing is the sentence in question is taken from an English language test and the context isn't given in the test. Which context would you say is more likely or more 'usual': a sequence of fashions or its quality?

Thank you.

Nawee
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I'm not sure it can be guessed from the information here what they are wanting.
You can see how people use the phrase if you google (include the " marks) :

"fashion has changed"

"fashions have changed"

and you'll see they're both widely used...

You might say that which one
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