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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
relative clause
C: countable nouns that are used with a or an or a number and have a plural: car, soldier
U: uncountable nouns that cannot be used with a or an or a number and have no plural: happiness, pasta
(On the inside front cover of Macmillan Essential Dictionary for Learners of American English)
I think the above grammar codes should be rewritten as the following:
C: countable nouns, which are used with a or an or a number and have a plural: car, soldier
U: uncountable nouns, which cannot be used with a or an or a number and have no plural: happiness, pasta
Am I right?
U: uncountable nouns that cannot be used with a or an or a number and have no plural: happiness, pasta
(On the inside front cover of Macmillan Essential Dictionary for Learners of American English)
I think the above grammar codes should be rewritten as the following:
C: countable nouns, which are used with a or an or a number and have a plural: car, soldier
U: uncountable nouns, which cannot be used with a or an or a number and have no plural: happiness, pasta
Am I right?
Top answer
No. "countable nouns , which are used with a or an or a number and have a plural: car, soldier" It means all countable nouns on earth are used with a, an or a number, and have a plural. By the same token, your second sentence is false too.
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- "countable nouns , which are used with a or an or a number and have a plural: car, soldier" It means all countable nouns on earth are used with a, an or a number, and have a plural.
- By the same token, your second sentence is false too.
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No.
"countable nouns, which are used with a or an or a number and have a plural: car, soldier" It means all countable nouns on earth are used with a, an or a number, and have a plural.
By the same token, your second sentence is false too.
"countable nouns, which are used with a or an or a number and have a plural: car, soldier" It means all countable nouns on earth are used with a, an or a number, and have a plural.
By the same token, your second sentence is false too.
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I think the above grammar codes should be rewritten as the following:Yes. Given the context you describe, I certainly would think so.
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Am I right?
When the relative clause is essentially a definition of the antecedent (or nearly so), it doesn't seem to make much sense to use the restrictive relative pronoun that.
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