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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
noun form choices up in the air?
Hi,
Mr. Micawber wrote in a thread titled "Need some clear answers please" initiated by Anonymous:
The choice between countable and uncountable forms once the fruit, vegetable, fresh or fowl becomes food or a meal is very much up to the mind of the speaker, in contradistinction to the primarily countable form they take as discrete living beings in garden or farmyard.
Can you tell me how could the choice of making distinctions between countable and uncountable is given freely to the speaker once the fruit, vegetable, fresh or fowl is ready for consumption?
Mr. Micawber wrote in a thread titled "Need some clear answers please" initiated by Anonymous:
The choice between countable and uncountable forms once the fruit, vegetable, fresh or fowl becomes food or a meal is very much up to the mind of the speaker, in contradistinction to the primarily countable form they take as discrete living beings in garden or farmyard.
Can you tell me how could the choice of making distinctions between countable and uncountable is given freely to the speaker once the fruit, vegetable, fresh or fowl is ready for consumption?
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He didn't really say 'at the point of consumption' - he was pointing out the difference between live animals and plants, and when they become foodstuffs. A cow is treated differently here compared to a piece of beef.
- He didn't really say 'at the point of consumption' - he was pointing out the difference between live animals and plants, and when they become foodstuffs.
- A cow is treated differently here compared to a piece of beef.
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He didn't really say 'at the point of consumption' - he was pointing out the difference between live animals and plants, and when they become foodstuffs. A cow is treated differently here compared to a piece of beef.
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