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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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0I have a word that is listed an uncountable noun. Can you tell me why it has "a" there?02br
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00hissing: 01i00 ... a silence broken only by 01u00a steady hissing02u00 from above my head.02i0-
  

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0Here, the "hissing" is an "s sound"; I don't see why it should be an uncountable... 0-

— Pieanne

  • 0Here, the "hissing" is an "s sound"; I don't see why it should be an uncountable...
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0Here, the "hissing" is an "s sound"; I don't see why it should be an uncountable... A hissing, the hissing sound quite right to me.0-
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