Progress or progresses
Hello everyone,
1. Can "progress" be treated as a countable and uncountable noun?
2. Are "progress" and "progresses" possible in the following sentences?
A. They made some progress.
B. They made some progresses.
Regards,
JA
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In modern English, it's only used as a mass noun. Thus, only sentence "A" is acceptable. : The diseases then progresses rapidly to the second stage.
- In modern English, it's only used as a mass noun.
- Thus, only sentence "A" is acceptable.
- : The diseases then progresses rapidly to the second stage.
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In modern English, it's only used as a mass noun. Thus, only sentence "A" is acceptable. The reason the spellchecker allows "progresses" is that it assumes it's the third-person singular form of the verb "progress", as in, e.g.:
The diseases then progresses rapidly to the second stage.
0Joseph AAre "progress" and "progresses" possible in the following sentences?
B. They made some progresses.
If 'they' are royalty in the 15th or 16th century, then OK. In modern English it's very unlikely. From the Oxford dictionary:
progress (British archaic)
A state journey or official tour, especially by royalty.
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