The weather
The weather here is great.
I saw the above in one of the videos about uncountable nouns on YouTube.
I know that the noun "weather" is uncountable here but what makes it specific here?
Is is because we are taking about a specific weather- weather here in the given context?
Or
There shouldn't be an article before the noun "weather" in the given context.
Top answer
Jigneshbharati There shouldn't be an article before the noun "weather" in the given context. The article "the" can occur before both countable and uncountable nouns. It's the article "a/an" that cannot occur before uncountable nouns.
- Jigneshbharati There shouldn't be an article before the noun "weather" in the given context.
- The article "the" can occur before both countable and uncountable nouns.
- It's the article "a/an" that cannot occur before uncountable nouns.
- So the article "the" has nothing to do with the problem you see in the given example.
- I know that the noun "weather" is uncountable here but what makes it specific here?
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JigneshbharatiThere shouldn't be an article before the noun "weather" in the given context.
The article "the" can occur before both countable and uncountable nouns. It's the article "a/an" that cannot occur before uncountable nouns.
So the article "the" has nothing to do with the problem you see in the given example.
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