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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Instinct
Example sentences:
-maternal instincts (plural)
-Children do not know by instinct the difference between right and wrong. (uncountable)
-His first instinct was to run away. (singular/uncountable)
-Horses have a well-developed instinct for fear.(singular with a/an+adjective)
-Even at school, he showed he had an instinct for business. (singular with a/an)
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1. What's the difference between instinct and instincts and an instinct?
2. Are they both correct?:
-These examples go to prove one thing: you can’t always use logic and instinct(s) to decide whether a sentence structure is correct or not.
Thank you.
-maternal instincts (plural)
-Children do not know by instinct the difference between right and wrong. (uncountable)
-His first instinct was to run away. (singular/uncountable)
-Horses have a well-developed instinct for fear.(singular with a/an+adjective)
-Even at school, he showed he had an instinct for business. (singular with a/an)
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1. What's the difference between instinct and instincts and an instinct?
2. Are they both correct?:
-These examples go to prove one thing: you can’t always use logic and instinct(s) to decide whether a sentence structure is correct or not.
Thank you.
Top answer
instinct [countable noun] a particular behavior that is not learned, but inherited. instinct [uncountable] the general quality of such behaviors. -His first instinct was to run away.
- instinct [countable noun] a particular behavior that is not learned, but inherited.
- instinct [uncountable] the general quality of such behaviors.
- -His first instinct was to run away.
- (singular/ un countable).
- A noun preceded by first, second, third, etc.
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instinct [countable noun] a particular behavior that is not learned, but inherited.
instinct [uncountable] the general quality of such behaviors.
-His first instinct was to run away. (singular/uncountable). A noun preceded by first, second, third, etc. signifies that it is countable.
instinct [uncountable] the general quality of such behaviors.
-His first instinct was to run away. (singular/
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Thank you. But are they both correct?:
-These examples go to prove one thing: you can’t always use logic and instinct(s) to decide whether a sentence structure is correct or not.
-These examples go to prove one thing: you can’t always use logic and instinct(s) to decide whether a sentence structure is correct or not.
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You can’t always use logic and instinct to decide whether a sentence structure is correct or not.
There is not a particular instinct that you are talking about here. Logic and instinct are two similar uncountable concepts.
There is not a particular instinct that you are talking about here. Logic and instinct are two similar uncountable concepts.
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