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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

State laws, local law

State laws often include criteria for licensure such as preparing documents that conform to local law.

Why is the state laws counted and local law treated as non-countable?
  

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onizo Why is the state laws counted and local law treated as non-countable? I would consider it an inconsistency of the writer or oversight of the editor, but perhaps s/he wishes to emphasize the multiplicity of state laws over the uncountable body of local law.

— Mister Micawber

  • onizo Why is the state laws counted and local law treated as non-countable?
  • I would consider it an inconsistency of the writer or oversight of the editor, but perhaps s/he wishes to emphasize the multiplicity of state laws over the uncountable body of local law.
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onizoWhy is the state laws counted and local law treated as non-countable?
I would consider it an inconsistency of the writer or oversight of the editor, but perhaps s/he wishes to emphasize the multiplicity of state laws over the uncountable body of local law.
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Thank you.

I am not sure what you mean by uncountable body of local law, but if that could exist, then how about bombs? Can there be a uncountable body of bomb? If so, why is it wrong to say TNT is bomb?
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onizoI am not sure what you mean by uncountable body of local law
Just that the noun can be uncountable—as I just used it.
onizoif that could exist, then how about bombs?
No, not with bombs. Many nouns can be either countable or uncountable, but 'bomb' is only countable.
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