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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Help me to understand.

0Hi,02br
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00In the post titled "Uncountable noun that is preceded by the "a", I think Mister M noted, as part of his response, some uncountable nouns like 'attendance' or 'support' ,which are mentioned by victorycounty, don't necessarily become countable and it is often the speaker's conception that causes the ball to roll.02br
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00Mr. M went on to say this:02br
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00And in your a) and b), as I said above, in many cases the speaker has the options:02br
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00high attendance or a high attendance02br
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00poor attendance or a poor attendance02br
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00great support or a great support 02br
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00OK, I can buy that for the word 'attendance', which is a variable noun (I think), Mr. M's argument for the speaker's conception to play the ball makes sense to me but for the uncountable noun, his argument seems to lose its strength, at least in my mind.02br
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00My question:02br
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00Can Mr. M's argument hold the water for the uncountable words like 'support' and 'coverage' and if that is so, then can I write like this depending on how I visulize the level of support or coverage eventhough there is no prior- or post-precedence or nothing related to those nouns in my writing? 02br
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01i00There was 01u00a great support02u00 for the candidate from Seoul.02i02br
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01i00There was 01u00great support02u00 for the candidate from Seoul.02i02br
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01i00It was01u00 a superb coverage02u00 of that special event.02i02br
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01i00It was 01u00superb coverage02u00 of that special event. 02i02br
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00Hope my question makes good sence.0-
  
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