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Ruben Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Noise,noises,silence,silences.When to use?
why most of the sentence use noise and silence.When to use noises and silences.Example,'The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards'.Why cant be 'The silences before you strike and the noises afterwards'.Can someone construct some sentences wth these words to show diffrenes so that i can understand clearly.Thank you very much for your consideration.
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The noun "noise" is a tricky little ******. Sometimes you use it as singular (Noise) for a lot of sounds in the event, like "The sound of battle and gunfire was annoying" and sometimes it's plural. "I could hear lots of different noises coming through the door - bangs, clatters, booms and quacks" Silence is an uncountable noun.
- The noun "noise" is a tricky little ******.
- Sometimes you use it as singular (Noise) for a lot of sounds in the event, like "The sound of battle and gunfire was annoying" and sometimes it's plural.
- "I could hear lots of different noises coming through the door - bangs, clatters, booms and quacks" Silence is an uncountable noun.
- in english, you never use "silences".
- You need to memorize what words are countable (stones, trees, cats, dogs) and which aren't (advice, music, silence, happiness) For example, you can't "listen to musics" or "drink milks".
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The noun "noise" is a tricky little ******.
Sometimes you use it as singular (Noise) for a lot of sounds in the event, like "The sound of battle and gunfire was annoying"
and sometimes it's plural.
"I could hear lots of different noises coming through the door - bangs, clatters, booms and quacks"
Silence is an uncountable noun. in english, you never use "silences". You
Sometimes you use it as singular (Noise) for a lot of sounds in the event, like "The sound of battle and gunfire was annoying"
and sometimes it's plural.
"I could hear lots of different noises coming through the door - bangs, clatters, booms and quacks"
Silence is an uncountable noun. in english, you never use "silences". You
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Hi Ruben. Welcome to the forums.
Silence is the state of the matter, so to speak. Noise is a sound which is erratic. Please be aware, the silence is uncountable so you can't say "silences". Noise can vary thus a noise is possible.
Silence descended on the town and darkness crept along the streets.
It's annoying when people make noise at such late hours.
Silence is the state of the matter, so to speak. Noise is a sound which is erratic. Please be aware, the silence is uncountable so you can't say "silences". Noise can vary thus a noise is possible.
Silence descended on the town and darkness crept along the streets.
It's annoying when people make noise at such late hours.
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If i make the sentence like this.I am at the Emperor's service or I am the Emperor's services.Which sentence is correct?
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why services cannot.I checked in the Cambridge dictionary it said it is countable noun.Why services cannot?
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Because you can't be in severel places at once unless you're a magician. Yes, it is countable indeed. Can you distinguish whether use singular or plural noun?
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