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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The muscles

An intramuscular injection is a technique used to deliver a medication deep into the muscles.
http://www.healthline.com/health/intramuscular-injection#intramuscular-injections1
Is "muscles" in the given context a countable or an uncountable noun and how do we decide?
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Countable (plural). The fact that it has the form of a plural is a fairly good indicator. g.

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Countable (plural). The fact that it has the form of a plural is a fairly good indicator. (There are some nouns that look plural in form but are actually uncountable, e.g. "mathematics", but this isn't one of them.)

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