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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
what are they?
Hi,
Many times when I look at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner' s English Dictionary, I see symbols/notes like "a N" for uncountables and "also N in pl" for uncountable nouns. I think those symbols indicate those uncountable nouns can have "As" and also can be in plural.
OK, is it OK? Maybe I may be going over board with this, but, maybe, is it a tiny bit diluting the identity of "uncountables"? Can you tell me why they exist as they are?
Sorry if my question isn't clear.
Many times when I look at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner' s English Dictionary, I see symbols/notes like "a N" for uncountables and "also N in pl" for uncountable nouns. I think those symbols indicate those uncountable nouns can have "As" and also can be in plural.
OK, is it OK? Maybe I may be going over board with this, but, maybe, is it a tiny bit diluting the identity of "uncountables"? Can you tell me why they exist as they are?
Sorry if my question isn't clear.
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key=51553&dict=CALD
- key=51553&dict=CALD
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Perhaps you should use this dictionary, where U is Uncountables, C is Countables
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=51553&dict=CALD
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=51553&dict=CALD
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