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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
piece of stuff or discrete thing
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 Please tell me the nature of the things undelined. 02 br
02 br
00 a piece of 01 u 00 bread 02 u 00 -- Is 'bread' here stuff (thus uncountable) or a dicrete thing (therefore, it is countable)? 02 br
02 br
00 a piece of 01 u 00 pizza 02 u 00 -- the same question as above 02 br
02 br
00 one seems to be uncountable, whereas the other one seems to be variable. 0-
02 br
00 Please tell me the nature of the things undelined. 02 br
02 br
00 a piece of 01 u 00 bread 02 u 00 -- Is 'bread' here stuff (thus uncountable) or a dicrete thing (therefore, it is countable)? 02 br
02 br
00 a piece of 01 u 00 pizza 02 u 00 -- the same question as above 02 br
02 br
00 one seems to be uncountable, whereas the other one seems to be variable. 0-
Top answer
0 a bread: countable 02 br 00 a piece of bread: uncountable, stuff 02 br 00 same for the other 0-
- 0 a bread: countable 02 br 00 a piece of bread: uncountable, stuff 02 br 00 same for the other 0-
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4 Answers
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0 a bread: countable 02 br
00 a piece of bread: uncountable, stuff 02 br
00 same for the other 0-
00 a piece of bread: uncountable, stuff 02 br
00 same for the other 0-
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0 I disagree with Marius here. 02 br
02 br
00 Bread: uncountable. Is there any bread on the table? 02 br
02 br
00 Piece of bread: countable. There are still several pieces/slices of bread on the plate. 02 br
02 br
00 There are three pizzas on the counter. There are still some slices of pizza. There is still some pizza left. 0-
02 br
00 Bread: uncountable. Is there any bread on the table? 02 br
02 br
00 Piece of bread: countable. There are still several pieces/slices of bread on the plate. 02 br
02 br
00 There are three pizzas on the counter. There are still some slices of pizza. There is still some pizza left. 0-
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0 What I wanted to say was: 02 br
00 in "a bread": " 01 b 00 bread 02 b 00 " is countable here 02 br
02 br
00 in "a piece of bread": " 01 b 00 bread 02 b 00 " is uncountable here, stuff 02 br
02 br
00 same for the other 0-
00 in "a bread": " 01 b 00 bread 02 b 00 " is countable here 02 br
02 br
00 in "a piece of bread": " 01 b 00 bread 02 b 00 " is uncountable here, stuff 02 br
02 br
00 same for the other 0-
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1 b 00 bread 02 b 00 can be countable, IMO: 02 br
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01 b 00 bread 02 b 02 br
01 b 00 2 02 b 00 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 a loaf, roll, or portion of 05 1 00 <an altar 01 i 00 bread 02 i 00 > <the 01 i 00 bread 02 i 01 b 00 s 02 b 00 00 for the comm
00 ----- 02 br
01 b 00 bread 02 b 02 br
01 b 00 2 02 b 00 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 a loaf, roll, or portion of 05 1 00 <an altar 01 i 00 bread 02 i 00 > <the 01 i 00 bread 02 i 01 b 00 s 02 b 00 00 for the comm
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