Meanings- decoration or ornament

Hi,

In my opinion, decoration indicates dressing up something. To make something prettier for an ocassion, if you will. Whereas ornament tends to refer to an object complimenting a person.

You decorate a room, building, tree or even a dress, but one should not use decorate on a person or personification. Decoration is commonly an action or event, while ornament is usually an obj

Decoration must be used as plural form that decorations ?-- No; it is also a non-count noun

Decoration and ornament turn into adjective form,that are decorated and ornamented,can it become decorating and ornamenting as the adjective forms ?-- Yes

Ornament can mean that a person or thing which is able to turn something into better condition or its quality. For inst

Mister MicawberDecoration must be used as plural form that decorations ?-- No; it is also a non-count noun

So i cannot say a lot of decorations ,but it should be a lot decorations.

A richly decorated/ornamented house is the same as a richly decorating/ornamenting house.Right ?

Mister MicawberOrnament can me

So i cannot say a lot of decorations ,but it should be a lot decorations.-- No, of course not. Don't you know what countable and uncountable nouns are?

A richly decorated/ornamented house is the same as a richly decorating/ornamenting house.Right ?-- No, of course not. Don't you know how to use present and past participles as adjectives? If you do not know these things, tben

Mister MicawberSo i cannot say a lot of decorations ,but it should be a lot decorations.-- No, of course not. Don't you know what countable and uncountable nouns are?

Yes,i know what countable and uncountable nouns are.But pardon me for typing in wrong and made you got it wrong.So no matter how much the decoration is,we can use singular form

Hello guys here,

1.The stereo system is an great ornament to the car or television.
2.Her amazing speech is an ornament to the occasion.
3.The new-build arcade room is an ornament to the shopping mall.

Are the sentences intelligible and correct?

So no matter how much the decoration is,we can use singular form only. Examples:i have to decorate the room with lots of twinkling decoration rather than i have..lots of twinkling decorations.Right ?- Right, but don't think of it as 'singular' form - think of it as 'uncountable' form...which is spelt the same way as singular form.


We cannot say five decoration or five decorat

1. A stereo system is a great ornament to the car or home.
2.Her amazing speech was an ornament to the occasion.
3.The new-built arcade is an ornament to the shopping mall.

Are the sentences intelligible and correct?-- Yes, as amended.

Mister Micawber No; 'decoration' can also be countable, so you can say '5 decorations' - but not '5 decoration'.
A: There are 300 decorations on my Christmas tree. (countable)
B1: Wow! That's a lot of decoration! (uncountable)
B2: Wow! That's a lot of decorations! (countable)

Oh,i see the light!!!That just depends on how the decorati

Mister MicawberBasically, the -ed adjective is a quality already obtained by the noun (an exhausted man, a decorated hall); consider the noun as the recipient of the condition/quality.
The -ing adjective is an activity or condition currently being pursued by the noun (an exhausting job, a decorating committee); consider the noun as doing the action or creating the qua