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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

How to count "tissue"

0Cambridge says 'tissue' is countable or uncountable.02br
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00Could you pass me a peice of tissue?02br
00Could you pass me a tissue?02br
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00Do they mean the same?02br
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00Thanks02br
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0 I don't think you will hear "piece of tissue" much, although I guess it's possible. 0-

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  • 0 I don't think you will hear "piece of tissue" much, although I guess it's possible.
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0 I don't think you will hear "piece of tissue" much, although I guess it's possible. The second example is far more common.02br
00A "piece of tissue" implies that you don't want the whole thing, but with tissues you pretty much always want the whole thing.0-
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0Got it!02br
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00Thanks, Ray.0-
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0There are two really different meanings, LiJ.02br
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00The thing you blow your nose in is a tissue - countable. I need to sneeze - do you have a tissue?02br
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00The word that's used in biology to describe a type of muscle or skin or related cells is the uncountable word.0-
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10The word that's used in biology to describe a type of muscle or skin or related cells is the uncountable word.12br
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10Yes, I can't count this.02br
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00Thanks, GG.0-
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