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SuperESL Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Tension?
"Racial tensions"
Exactly in what sense can 'tension' be countable-plural? After all, tension - in the sense of an abstract quality of distrust and unfriendliness between people that exists in the air - is not a tangible thing or a discrete item that can be counted. What does it mean to have "many racial tensions"?
Thank you.
Exactly in what sense can 'tension' be countable-plural? After all, tension - in the sense of an abstract quality of distrust and unfriendliness between people that exists in the air - is not a tangible thing or a discrete item that can be counted. What does it mean to have "many racial tensions"?
Thank you.
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com/dictionary/british/tension
- com/dictionary/british/tension
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Rather than trying to provide my own explanation here's a link to a dictionary entry you might find useful
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/tension
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/tension
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