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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Uncountable noun becoming countable?
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00 I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary for the word 'disregard' and it said this after giving its definition of the word.. 02 br
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01 i 00 N-UNCOUNT is also a noun 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 Whoever planted the bomb showed a total disregard for the safety of the public. 02 i 02 br
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00 Do you see any discrepancy in terms of what is said and the example sentence? Why does the uncountable noun 'disregard' have the article 'a'? 0-
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00 I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary for the word 'disregard' and it said this after giving its definition of the word.. 02 br
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01 i 00 N-UNCOUNT is also a noun 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 Whoever planted the bomb showed a total disregard for the safety of the public. 02 i 02 br
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00 Do you see any discrepancy in terms of what is said and the example sentence? Why does the uncountable noun 'disregard' have the article 'a'? 0-
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02 i 02 br 02 br 00 I have experienced many injustices, 02 br 02 br 00 or 02 br 02 br 00 intensification of the phenomenon 0-
- 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 I have experienced many injustices, 02 br 02 br 00 or 02 br 02 br 00 intensification of the phenomenon 0-
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0 Hello Believer, 02 br
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00 Abstract nouns in the plural indicate an instance of the phenomena concerned: 02 br
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01 i 00 Whoever planted the bomb showed 01 font 00 a 02 font 00 total 01 font 00 disregard 02 font 00 for the safety of the public. 02 i 02 br
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00 Abstract nouns in the plural indicate an instance of the phenomena concerned: 02 br
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01 i 00 Whoever planted the bomb showed 01 font 00 a 02 font 00 total 01 font 00 disregard 02 font 00 for the safety of the public. 02 i 02 br
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0 Thank you, Incho. 02 br
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00 Let me change the adjective 'total' to some others, please tell me 'a' or 'the' is still necessary for all. 02 br
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01 i 00 Whoever planted it showed huge disregard for the safety of the public. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 Whoever planted it showed overall disregard for the safety of the public. 0
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00 Let me change the adjective 'total' to some others, please tell me 'a' or 'the' is still necessary for all. 02 br
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01 i 00 Whoever planted it showed huge disregard for the safety of the public. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 Whoever planted it showed overall disregard for the safety of the public. 0
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