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Grammar
"paper" - when is it countable or uncountable?
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02 b 00 "I learned how to read court papers at 14,” he says. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 Photographic paper 02 br
02 i 00 A Photographic paper (is it correct?) 02 br
01 i 00 Photographic papers (is it correct?) 02 i 02 br
01 i 00 It takes a heavy-duty industrial process to turn wood into paper. 02 i 02 br
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00 Are there any special grammatical rules to not get confused apart from a notional method? 02 br
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02 b 00 "I learned how to read court papers at 14,” he says. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 Photographic paper 02 br
02 i 00 A Photographic paper (is it correct?) 02 br
01 i 00 Photographic papers (is it correct?) 02 i 02 br
01 i 00 It takes a heavy-duty industrial process to turn wood into paper. 02 i 02 br
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00 Are there any special grammatical rules to not get confused apart from a notional method? 02 br
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02 i 00 (paper refers to a substance) 02 br 02 br 00 CJ 0-
- 02 i 00 (paper refers to a substance) 02 br 02 br 00 CJ 0-
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0 It's not a question of grammar, that is, not a question of syntax. 02 br
00 It's a question of semantics, that is, a question of meaning. 02 br
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00 If you refer to an object or objects, it's countable. 02 br
00 If you refer to the substance, it's not countable. 02 br
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01 i 00 I wrote several papers for a course in art histo
00 It's a question of semantics, that is, a question of meaning. 02 br
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00 If you refer to an object or objects, it's countable. 02 br
00 If you refer to the substance, it's not countable. 02 br
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01 i 00 I wrote several papers for a course in art histo
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