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Kenny1999 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
How to determine if a noun is uncountable
In my language (non-English), there is nothing about countable or uncountable nouns.
For example, in my language,
it's totally correct to say one advice, two advice, three advice
but it's obviously incorrect in English.
There are just too many English nouns to exhaust and memorize each of them,,,,....
How do you determine, memorize or explain to the other if a noun is countable or not
--I have to explain to my children. I help them English. I want to be a good teacher of them. However, I don't know how to explain it to them too
For example, in my language,
it's totally correct to say one advice, two advice, three advice
but it's obviously incorrect in English.
There are just too many English nouns to exhaust and memorize each of them,,,,....
How do you determine, memorize or explain to the other if a noun is countable or not
--I have to explain to my children. I help them English. I want to be a good teacher of them. However, I don't know how to explain it to them too
Top answer
kenny1999 In my language (non-English), there is nothing about countable or uncountable nouns. ) or qualities which cannot be counted as things representing the countable nouns. You can have two tables (a countable noun) but you cannot have *two hapinesses.
- kenny1999 In my language (non-English), there is nothing about countable or uncountable nouns.
- ) or qualities which cannot be counted as things representing the countable nouns.
- You can have two tables (a countable noun) but you cannot have *two hapinesses.
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kenny1999In my language (non-English), there is nothing about countable or uncountable nouns.The uncountable nouns sometimes are called mass nouns and as such refer to substances (salt, sugar, cement, etc.) or qualities which cannot be counted as things representing the countable nouns. You can have two tables (a countable noun) but you cannot have *two hapin
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why equipment and luggage are uncountable
why bread is uncountable. why do we say a slice of bread
if we think of bread as a substance, we can think of table as a substance too. It's made of wood., Isn't it?
why bread is uncountable. why do we say a slice of bread
if we think of bread as a substance, we can think of table as a substance too. It's made of wood., Isn't it?
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kenny1999why equipment and luggage are uncountableA justification is that they both describe collections of things rather than individual items, but this alone does not mean they will necessarily be uncountable. Plenty of nouns describing collections of things are countable. Unfortunately, I think in many cases you have to learn individually which are countab
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