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Englishnewbie Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"self-identity"

Hello,

Is "self-identity" a countable or unountable noun?

For example, can I say

I have a strong self-identity.

Thanks,
  

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Hi, You could say eg He has a strong self-identity. eg The three people have strong self-identities. I think a more common term is 'a strong sense of self'.

— Clive

  • Hi, You could say eg He has a strong self-identity.
  • eg The three people have strong self-identities.
  • I think a more common term is 'a strong sense of self'.
  • Clive
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Hi,

You could say
eg He has a strong self-identity.

eg The three people have strong self-identities.

I think a more common term is 'a strong sense of self'.

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Thanks for the reply.

I was under the impression that any word with "self-" in front cannot be countable.

This is obviously wrong?
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I was under the impression that any word with "self-" in front cannot be countable.--Countability will be governed by the noun that follows the affix, not by the affix itself. Granted, many 'self-' nouns are attitudes and qualities, but that is an artifact of semantics, not a grammatical rule.

Her constant self-reproaches / -assessments / -attacks were getting on my nerves.
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