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Vincent Wang Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Is it an effective way to identify countabe noun and uncountalbe noun?
Does it make sense?
I have been told that there is a simple and effective way to identify countable noun and uncountable noun.
It is said that you imagine slice the object noun by a knife. Then, the countable noun will never be the original subject, but the uncountable noun shall be also the same thing.
For example: when you cut bread to two parts, every part is also bread, so the ward” bread" is uncountable noun. If you cut a house to two parts, then, half piece of house will never be a "house", so the house is a countable noun.
Could you give me your comments about this way? Do you think it is work?
By the way, could you also correct my writing here, grammatically?
Thank you very much.
I have been told that there is a simple and effective way to identify countable noun and uncountable noun.
It is said that you imagine slice the object noun by a knife. Then, the countable noun will never be the original subject, but the uncountable noun shall be also the same thing.
For example: when you cut bread to two parts, every part is also bread, so the ward” bread" is uncountable noun. If you cut a house to two parts, then, half piece of house will never be a "house", so the house is a countable noun.
Could you give me your comments about this way? Do you think it is work?
By the way, could you also correct my writing here, grammatically?
Thank you very much.
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Hi Vincent Welcome to the Forums. My way of deciding whether is noun is countable is to literally count the noun. " But 'coins' is countable.
- Hi Vincent Welcome to the Forums.
- My way of deciding whether is noun is countable is to literally count the noun.
- " But 'coins' is countable.
- " Similarly, 'bread' is uncountable.
- " Which way is easier?
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Hi Vincent
Welcome to the Forums.
My way of deciding whether is noun is countable is to literally count the noun.
When we say that 'money' is uncountable, we mean that we cannot say, "One money, Two money, etc." But 'coins' is countable. We can say "One cent, two cents, ten cents, fifty cents."
Similarly, 'bread' is uncountable. We cannot say "One bread, two b
Welcome to the Forums.
My way of deciding whether is noun is countable is to literally count the noun.
When we say that 'money' is uncountable, we mean that we cannot say, "One money, Two money, etc." But 'coins' is countable. We can say "One cent, two cents, ten cents, fifty cents."
Similarly, 'bread' is uncountable. We cannot say "One bread, two b
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