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Kelly Tan Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Scenery or sceneries

According to my grammar book, scenery is an uncountable noun but I have read "sceneries" before. I am confuse. Which is correct?

Thank you.
  

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Kelly Tan I have read "sceneries" before Where? Can you give us a link? It would be highly unusual.

  • Kelly Tan I have read "sceneries" before Where?
  • Can you give us a link?
  • It would be highly unusual.
  • Kelly Tan *** is an uncountable / a countable noun This is often not exclusively true.
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Kelly Tan I have read "sceneries" before
Where? Can you give us a link? It would be highly unusual.
Kelly Tan *** is an uncountable / a countable noun
This is often not exclusively true.
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Below from Merriam-Webster Dictionary


ll Definition
  • 1 : the painted http://www.merriam-webster.com/ or hangings and accessories used on a theater stage
  • 2 : a picturesque view or landscape
  • 3 : one's usual surroundings <needed a change o
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Hi Mister Micawber,

I left out the beginning definition. I have copied it below.

scen·ery\'se-n?-re, 'sen-re\
noun
: the walls, furniture, trees, etc., that are used on a stage during a play or other performance to show where the action is taking place
: a view of natural features (such as mountains, hills, valleys, etc.) that is pleasing to look at
: the things
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M-W is certainly a reputable dictionary, but it gives no example of the plural in your excerpt.
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Thank you, Mr Micawber.

But can I say sceneries is plural of scenery. Will native speakers think I make a mistake if I say so.
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Yes, they would think that.
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Mister MicawberYes, they would think that.
Thank you.

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