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Damir Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Is stuffs plural from stuff?
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00 Is there any difference between the words stuff and stuffs? I don't know if stuff is countable or not, but stuffs should be plural, shouldn't it? However, I searched Google to check about it and I've found that many pages have something as "Free stuff" or "Funny stuff" - it can't be that they offer only one thing on their page, but I've found "Cool stuffs" as well and I'm confused now. 02 br
00 Thanks in advance. 02 br
00 p.s. Does the usage of present perfect/simple past fit in the above paragraph? 0-
00 Is there any difference between the words stuff and stuffs? I don't know if stuff is countable or not, but stuffs should be plural, shouldn't it? However, I searched Google to check about it and I've found that many pages have something as "Free stuff" or "Funny stuff" - it can't be that they offer only one thing on their page, but I've found "Cool stuffs" as well and I'm confused now. 02 br
00 Thanks in advance. 02 br
00 p.s. Does the usage of present perfect/simple past fit in the above paragraph? 0-
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02 i 00 So 01 i 00 cool stuffs 02 i 00 is not good English. 0-
- 02 i 00 So 01 i 00 cool stuffs 02 i 00 is not good English.
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01 i 00 Stuff 02 i 00 is normally uncountable: 01 i 00 I don't have much stuff. 02 i 00 So 01 i 00 cool stuffs 02 i 00 is not good English. However, you will occasionally see it legitimately pluralized in some special uses, as for fabrics and scientific materials. 0-
01 i 00 Stuff 02 i 00 is normally uncountable: 01 i 00 I don't have much stuff. 02 i 00 So 01 i 00 cool stuffs 02 i 00 is not good English. However, you will occasionally see it legitimately pluralized in some special uses, as for fabrics and scientific materials. 0-
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0 Thanks for the reply Micawber. 02 br
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00 What about a tenses I used? Are they correct? 0-
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The singular and plural for stuff is stuff. For example good stuff, cool stuff etc and there cannot be cool stuffs, it is often a mistake that people make. However when stuff is used as a verb like stuffing or he stuffs a lot of food etc is correct. So stuffs can be used only in the place of a verb.
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I've just searched the answer to this question myself on the internet, but it's confusing. so I've opened the dictionary, and, as I knew, the word stuff, as a noun, has no plural. it's marked as uncountable -
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Hello Anonymous posters,
As Mister Micawber has already posted, the noun stuff is usually uncountable, so that is the way you should generally use it. However, as Mister Micawber has also stated, there are a few very specialized ways to use the plural form (stuffs). Most of the time you won't need these specialized uses. That is why dictionaries (especially
As Mister Micawber has already posted, the noun stuff is usually uncountable, so that is the way you should generally use it. However, as Mister Micawber has also stated, there are a few very specialized ways to use the plural form (stuffs). Most of the time you won't need these specialized uses. That is why dictionaries (especially
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If stuff is a plural word you would use are with it instead of is?
Example: "Those stuff are breakable." rather than, "That stuff is breakable."
Though stuff is plural, it actually represents 1 single unit of multiple things, which should make it a singular word.
Things, however, would represent multiple units of single things.
Example: "Those stuff are breakable." rather than, "That stuff is breakable."
Though stuff is plural, it actually represents 1 single unit of multiple things, which should make it a singular word.
Things, however, would represent multiple units of single things.
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You're applying logic to language?! English, as a language is known for not conforming to stated rules very often. The number of exception for a rule outweigh the rules themselves. So, when you say,"so it seems to me", you're simply wrong. Why? Well, that's because it's English. Had logic worked, Wren & Martin would be a handout and just ten pages long :-P
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