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Harry1999 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Use of noun "work"?

I am a bit confused with the use of "work" as noun.

It's uncountable and plural noun.

I was busy with some work. Can this sentence be "I was busy with a work"?

Can we say "a good work"? the way we say "a good art"?

Please help me with this.
  

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harry1999 I was busy with some work. Can this sentence be "I was busy with a work"? Not unless you are an artist: an artist's creations are called 'works'.

— Mister Micawber

  • harry1999 I was busy with some work.
  • Can this sentence be "I was busy with a work"?
  • Not unless you are an artist: an artist's creations are called 'works'.
  • harry1999 Can we say "a good work"?
  • the way we say "a good art"?
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harry1999I was busy with some work. Can this sentence be "I was busy with a work"?
Not unless you are an artist: an artist's creations are called 'works'.
harry1999Can we say "a good work"? the way we say "a good art"?
You can say the first of a piece of art, but you cannot say the second.
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Let me try with the word "bread."

Give me a piece of bread.
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Give me a bread.

If we say "a bread", is it correct?

Bread is a plural noun. So we can say one bread, two breads?
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harry1999If we say "a bread", is it correct?
No.
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