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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Minimize with countable nouns

Hi

Can the verb minimize be used with countable nouns?

A - Hey, why did they close the road from here?
B - Presumably to minimize the number of accidents. [I don't think "minimize accidents" would work at all?]

-- reduce the number of accidents
-- lower the number of accidents
-- turn down the number of accidents

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom Can the verb minimize be used with countable nouns? , You need to minimize the size of your document.

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Mr. TomCan the verb minimize be used with countable nouns?
Yes, e.g.,
You need to minimize the size of your document.
Mr. TomI don't think "minimize accidents" would work at all.
It's possible.
Mr. Tom-- reduce the number of accidents
That's okay too.
Mr.
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