Text or Texts?
Hello,
I was trying to understand when the word "text" is countable. I can easily find examples with "text" and "texts" but can't really understand the logic. For instance:
I am going to help on a review for a comic book translation. There are many sentences and phrases in different forms ("ballons", descriptions, some more artistic displays, etc.) Can I just say to an American colleague that "I found it difficult to understand 10 texts"?
I'm sure he will understand my point no matter I write text or texts, but I just wanted to write it right :-)
Thank you!
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Ana Machado Can I just say to an American colleague that "I found it difficult to understand 10 texts"? If you are speaking of 10 documents, yes. " are all in one document, use 'text' (singular)—though to me, 'text' means the written word, not graphics.
- Ana Machado Can I just say to an American colleague that "I found it difficult to understand 10 texts"?
- If you are speaking of 10 documents, yes.
- " are all in one document, use 'text' (singular)—though to me, 'text' means the written word, not graphics.
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Ana Machado Can I just say to an American colleague that "I found it difficult to understand 10 texts"?
If you are speaking of 10 documents, yes.
But if your "balloons, descriptions, artistic displays, etc." are all in one document, use 'text' (singular)—though to me, 'text' means the written word, not graphics. (A document is composed of text + grap
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