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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Fire/wind

Sir,

Are "fire" and "wind" countable noun.

As I was reading a book and found a sentence stating

1."Early man may have been found the roasted meat in forest fires tasty."

2.In similar way "the strong winds.......".


Thanks.
  

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Yes, they are countable when you regard them as single 'items'. Fire in your example refers to small fire-places early man have set up to be able to roast meat - that can mean that at the same time, some other people have also set up a fire, then you have two fires already. g.

— Pemmican

  • Yes, they are countable when you regard them as single 'items'.
  • Fire in your example refers to small fire-places early man have set up to be able to roast meat - that can mean that at the same time, some other people have also set up a fire, then you have two fires already.
  • g.
  • a trade wind, an eddy wind, a slope wind, a south wind, a north wind, a surface wind etc.
  • all these are different "winds".
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Yes, they are countable when you regard them as single 'items'.

Fire in your example refers to small fire-places early man have set up to be able to roast meat - that can mean that at the same time, some other people have also set up a fire, then you have two fires already.

Wind is countable as well when you want to express that there are different kinds of wind, e.g. a trade
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Hello.
Is wind uncountable in this sentence? Should I omit the 'a'?
October 31. I left the Canary Islands today...There's a strong wind and plenty of sunshine now.
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