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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

fraud

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00Is fraud countable?02br
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00If you commit (a) marriage fraud, whether as a US citizen or an illegal immigrant, you'll become an ICE investigative target and ...)02br
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00Also, can I replace fraud with scam?02br
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0Use this dictionary, it indicates both C(Countable) and U(Uncountable) 02br 05002br 00Scam is more informal. key=30953&dict=CALD

— Marius Hancu

  • 0Use this dictionary, it indicates both C(Countable) and U(Uncountable) 02br 05002br 00Scam is more informal.
  • key=30953&dict=CALD
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0Use this dictionary, it indicates both C(Countable) and U(Uncountable) 02br
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00Scam is more informal. 0240hrefhttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=30953&dict=CALD
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0MH, Thanks for the great dictionary. But my question is still unanswered since the dictionary says either is fine.02br
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00When to use which? Starting with my original example.0-
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0 I think both are right. Still, in a formal environnment, you should use the U version:02br
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00because it indicates01b00 the type of crime02b00. 02br
00"A" would indicate that you performed 01b00an instance02b00 "of marriage fraud." 0240hrefhttp://books.google.com/books?q=%22commit+marriage+fraud%22&a
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0Thanks, MH. Got it! I'm starting to see some patterns now,02br
00regarding the use of uncountable as countable noun.0-
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