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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Uncountable nouns become countable if classified?
I have heard that uncountable nouns can become countable when we use them in a classificatory sense. So which of the prases below are correct?
an agricultural land or agricultural land
types of corns or types of corn
an agricultural land or agricultural land
types of corns or types of corn
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1. You can say: the agricultural land, a piece of agricultural land or a piece of agricultural land in such contexts: The agricultural land/a piece of agricultural land here is good for growing corn. Every year the river floods agricultural land.
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- You can say: the agricultural land, a piece of agricultural land or a piece of agricultural land in such contexts: The agricultural land/a piece of agricultural land here is good for growing corn.
- Every year the river floods agricultural land.
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- Types of corns = corn types
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1. You can say: the agricultural land, a piece of agricultural land or a piece of agricultural land in such contexts:
The agricultural land/a piece of agricultural land here is good for growing corn.
Every year the river floods agricultural land.
2. Types of corns = corn types
The agricultural land/a piece of agricultural land here is good for growing corn.
Every year the river floods agricultural land.
2. Types of corns = corn types
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