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Vincent Teo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

several water

Do I say,

She is pouring several water into the teapot.

Several is used for countable or uncountable nouns? or both are acceptable?
  

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Vincent Teo Do I say,She is pouring several water into the teapot. Never. Vincent Teo Several is used for countable or uncountable nouns?

  • Vincent Teo Do I say,She is pouring several water into the teapot.
  • Never.
  • Vincent Teo Several is used for countable or uncountable nouns?
  • Countable.
  • She can pour several cups of water into the teapot.
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Vincent TeoDo I say,She is pouring several water into the teapot.
Never.
Vincent TeoSeveral is used for countable or uncountable nouns?
Countable. She can pour several cups of water into the teapot. (What is the common metric measure corresponding to the cup?)
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Thanks, can I say,

She is pouring a little of hot water into the teapot.
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She is pouring some water into the teapot. She is pouring a little hot water into the teapot.
She is pouring a little bit of hot water into the teapot.
She is placing several apples in the dish. She is sprinkling the apples with a little bit of sugar.

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