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Alvinlo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
How to determine whether a noun is countable or not?
As mentioned in the title, I often find it downright difficult to distinguish whether a noun is countable. For example, it is hard to decide whether a "s" should be added to "effort', "capability", to name but a few.
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I'm afraid you'll have to learn those words one by one. Some grammar books written for foreign learners contain lists of the most common uncountable nouns students make mistakes with. Also, there are some fairly reliable "rules".
- I'm afraid you'll have to learn those words one by one.
- Some grammar books written for foreign learners contain lists of the most common uncountable nouns students make mistakes with.
- Also, there are some fairly reliable "rules".
- Uncountable nouns don't usually take the indefintite article (a, an) but there are exceptions to this.
- For example knowledge never appears in the plural but it often takes an article when preceded by an adjective : He has a good knowledge of history.
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I'm afraid you'll have to learn those words one by one. Some grammar books written for foreign learners contain lists of the most common uncountable nouns students make mistakes with. Also, there are some fairly reliable "rules". Uncountable nouns don't usually take the indefintite article (a, an) but there are exceptions to this. For example knowledge never appears in the plural but it
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