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Dileepa Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Invasion or invasions

According to the Cambridge dictionary 'invasion' can be either countable or uncountable.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/invasion


Please someone let me know, how can we decide whether we should put 's' at the end of the word or not to make it plural.


For example which of following sentences is grammatically correct.

Furthermore, some immature behaviour of different paparazzi might act as invasion of their privacy.

Furthermore, some immature behaviour of different paparazzi might act as invasions of their privacy.

  

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dileepa According to the Cambridge dictionary 'invasion' can be either countable or uncountable. The threat of invasion "made many writers skeptical that a parliament could effectively replace the authority of the sultan" ----------- I've come across such a sentence in the Cambridge Dictionary where "invasion" is used as an uncountable noun.

  • dileepa According to the Cambridge dictionary 'invasion' can be either countable or uncountable.
  • The threat of invasion "made many writers skeptical that a parliament could effectively replace the authority of the sultan" ----------- I've come across such a sentence in the Cambridge Dictionary where "invasion" is used as an uncountable noun.
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dileepaAccording to the Cambridge dictionary 'invasion' can be either countable or uncountable.

The threat of invasion "made many writers skeptical that a parliament could effectively replace the authority of the sultan"

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I've come across such a sentence in the Cambridge Dictionary where "invasion" is used as an uncount

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dileepaFurthermore, some immature behaviour of different paparazzi might act as invasions of their privacy.

I'd use this one.

CJ

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