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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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'subject' as an uncountable noun
drift : to become carried along subject to no guidance or control <the talk ~ed from topic to topic>
The 'subject' is used as an uncountable noun? I'm told subject is a countable noun...
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Anonymous The 'subject' is used as an uncountable noun? No. This is a special use of 'subject'.
- Anonymous The 'subject' is used as an uncountable noun?
- No.
- This is a special use of 'subject'.
- Actually, it's 'subject to ', a compound preposition .
- subject to no guidance ~ not governed by any guidance The talk drifted from topic to topic ~ People were talking with no particular goal.
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AnonymousThe 'subject' is used as an uncountable noun?
No. This is a special use of 'subject'. Actually, it's 'subject to', a compound preposition.
subject to no guidance ~ not governed by any guidance
The talk drifted from topic to topic ~
People were talking with no particular goal. How they got from one topic to another
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