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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Why all the "As"?
Hi,
Please tell me why there are three "As" in front of what seem to be uncountable nouns?
... pushed for a modernization of their equipment.
... a new design of clock
A rhetoric of description could also be developed.
Is that anything to do with the concept of turning the uncountable into the "a kind of something" countable noun?
Please tell me why there are three "As" in front of what seem to be uncountable nouns?
... pushed for a modernization of their equipment.
... a new design of clock
A rhetoric of description could also be developed.
Is that anything to do with the concept of turning the uncountable into the "a kind of something" countable noun?
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Hi Believer, In the first case, I would say that "the" sounds more natural. But if there are several steps that COULD be taken to modernize, and they are choosing which of them to intall. In the second case, "design" is countable.
- Hi Believer, In the first case, I would say that "the" sounds more natural.
- But if there are several steps that COULD be taken to modernize, and they are choosing which of them to intall.
- In the second case, "design" is countable.
- Think of it as a plan, or blueprint.
- In the third case, I don't know what this means.
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Hi Believer,
In the first case, I would say that "the" sounds more natural. But if there are several steps that COULD be taken to modernize, and they are choosing which of them to intall.
In the second case, "design" is countable. Think of it as a plan, or blueprint.
In the third case, I don't know what this means. Can you paraphrase the meaning?
In the first case, I would say that "the" sounds more natural. But if there are several steps that COULD be taken to modernize, and they are choosing which of them to intall.
In the second case, "design" is countable. Think of it as a plan, or blueprint.
In the third case, I don't know what this means. Can you paraphrase the meaning?
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Is that anything to do with the concept of turning the uncountable into the "a kind of something" countable noun?
Exactly. It has everything to do with that idea!
(design is so frequently used as a countable, though, that I'm inclined to say that that case is different from the other two.)
CJ
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Thank you.
Would you say the option of turning an uncounble noun into an countable noun is an open one if you are trying to or the context was already set as to convert the sentential situation into a type of it or a particular instance of it? So a person can approach it -- that is the option of turning it into the other countable noun form -- in two ways (more???) that are both viable a
Would you say the option of turning an uncounble noun into an countable noun is an open one if you are trying to or the context was already set as to convert the sentential situation into a type of it or a particular instance of it? So a person can approach it -- that is the option of turning it into the other countable noun form -- in two ways (more???) that are both viable a
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