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Behnam A Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

distraction C/U

Hi,
There are a lot of distractions at home, I can't study.
Is it correct or should I use the uncountable one ?
Thanks
  

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I do not understand the question. I have never heard of the phrase 'the uncountable one'. " is grammatically correct, but perhaps better with a semi-colon or a dash after 'home', rather than a comma.

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  • I do not understand the question.
  • I have never heard of the phrase 'the uncountable one'.
  • " is grammatically correct, but perhaps better with a semi-colon or a dash after 'home', rather than a comma.
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I do not understand the question. I have never heard of the phrase 'the uncountable one'. 'There are a lot of distractions at home; I can't study." is grammatically correct, but perhaps better with a semi-colon or a dash after 'home', rather than a comma.
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Oh I think I didn't cleared my question. You know the word distraction is both countable and uncountable and what I meant was I didn'n know to use which one in this sense. Should I say ''there are a lot of distractions...'' or ''there is a lot of distraction...'' ?
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I think you must mean 'singular' (distraction) and plural (distractions). Either version would be OK, but the plural is better, as in: "there are a lot of distractions at home".
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There are a lot of distractions at home, I can't study.

That is a comma splice. You need a dash or a full stop: "There are a lot of distractions at home. I can't study." That is a natural use of "distraction".

There is a lot of distraction at home. I can't study.

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enoonYou mean that there are many separate distractions.
Yes, that's right.
Thank you so much.
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