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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Why is that?
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00 I was looking at one of the posts in this forum and came upon this partial sentence which was used to pose a question by an Anon and the answer seemed like that it was that it implies "a X kind of stubble," as given by Mr. Pedantic. 02 br
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00 My question is how come it can be privileged to a relatively easy transformation whereas the very similar word (as it seems to me) 'furniture' is privileged enough to make such an easy transformation? 02 br
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00 but except for 01 u 00 a thin stubble 02 u 00 on my face... 02 br
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00 But it cannot be like this with the word 'furniture'? 02 br
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00 but except for 01 u 00 a tiny furniture 02 u 00 in my room... 0-
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00 I was looking at one of the posts in this forum and came upon this partial sentence which was used to pose a question by an Anon and the answer seemed like that it was that it implies "a X kind of stubble," as given by Mr. Pedantic. 02 br
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00 My question is how come it can be privileged to a relatively easy transformation whereas the very similar word (as it seems to me) 'furniture' is privileged enough to make such an easy transformation? 02 br
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00 but except for 01 u 00 a thin stubble 02 u 00 on my face... 02 br
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00 But it cannot be like this with the word 'furniture'? 02 br
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00 but except for 01 u 00 a tiny furniture 02 u 00 in my room... 0-
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0 Do you mean: 02 br 02 br 00 My question is how come it can be privileged to a relatively easy transformation whereas the very similar word (as it seems to me) 'furniture' is 01 b 00 NOT 02 b 00 privileged enough to make such an easy transformation? 02 br 02 br 00 ? 0-
- 0 Do you mean: 02 br 02 br 00 My question is how come it can be privileged to a relatively easy transformation whereas the very similar word (as it seems to me) 'furniture' is 01 b 00 NOT 02 b 00 privileged enough to make such an easy transformation?
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0 Do you mean: 02 br
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00 My question is how come it can be privileged to a relatively easy transformation whereas the very similar word (as it seems to me) 'furniture' is 01 b 00 NOT 02 b 00 privileged enough to make such an easy transformation? 02 br
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00 My question is how come it can be privileged to a relatively easy transformation whereas the very similar word (as it seems to me) 'furniture' is 01 b 00 NOT 02 b 00 privileged enough to make such an easy transformation? 02 br
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0 Hi Believer 02 br
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00 Allow me to answer this part of your post. Why we cannot say 01 i 01 u 00 a tiny furniture 02 u 00 in my room... 02 i 00 ? The reason is that 'furniture' is an uncountable noun. So we cannot say 'a furniture'. 0-
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00 Allow me to answer this part of your post. Why we cannot say 01 i 01 u 00 a tiny furniture 02 u 00 in my room... 02 i 00 ? The reason is that 'furniture' is an uncountable noun. So we cannot say 'a furniture'. 0-
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0 Yoong Liat, 02 br
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00 Believer's point is that 01 i 00 stubble 02 i 00 is also an uncountable noun, and yet 01 i 00 a stubble 02 i 00 is used. 02 br
00 Why is 01 i 00 a stubble 02 i 00 possible, but not 01 i 00 a furniture 02 i 00 ? 02 br
00 Can you help us answer that? 02 br
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00 Believer's point is that 01 i 00 stubble 02 i 00 is also an uncountable noun, and yet 01 i 00 a stubble 02 i 00 is used. 02 br
00 Why is 01 i 00 a stubble 02 i 00 possible, but not 01 i 00 a furniture 02 i 00 ? 02 br
00 Can you help us answer that? 02 br
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01 cite 10 CalifJim 12 cite 10 Yoong Liat, 12 br
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10 Believer's point is that 11 i 10 stubble 12 i 10 is also an uncountable noun, and yet 11 i 10 a stubble 12 i 10 is used. 12 br
10 Why is 11 i 10 a stubble 12 i 10 possible, but not 11 i 10 a furniture 12
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01 cite 10 Believer 12 cite 10 Hi Believer 12 br10 Could you please let me know where you saw the above sentence? 0-
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10 but except for 11 u 10 a thin stubble 12 u 10 on my face... 12 br
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I can confirm that the example provided by Believer is perfectly normal English. We can correctly say ... except for a thin stubble on my face...
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CalifJimYoong Liat,Heh, I wish I knew! My dictionaries say "stubble" is only uncountable, so I guess maybe that sentence is kind of idiomatic, and there's no grammatical
Believer's point is that stubble is also an uncountable noun, and yet a stubble is used.
Why is a stubble possible, but not a furniture?
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Heh, I wish I knew! My dictionaries say "stubble" is only uncountable, so I guess maybe that sentence is kind of idiomatic, and there's no grammatical explanation! How wierd...
All my dictionaries state that 'stubble' is an uncountable noun. It is therefore incorrect to use 'a stubble'.
All my dictionaries state that 'stubble' is an uncountable noun. It is therefore incorrect to use 'a stubble'.
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CalifJim: "We can correctly say ... except for a thin stubble on my face..."
Yoong Liat: "All my dictionaries state that 'stubble' is an uncountable noun. It is therefore incorrect to use 'a stubble'. "
No offence, but if I have to choose, I trust a native speaker.
Anyway, I'm curious about the reason. I guess something
Yoong Liat: "All my dictionaries state that 'stubble' is an uncountable noun. It is therefore incorrect to use 'a stubble'. "
No offence, but if I have to choose, I trust a native speaker.
Anyway, I'm curious about the reason. I guess something
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CalifJimThe important point is that a noun in itself is not countable or uncountable. It is the usage of the noun that makes it so. No matter what a dictionary states as the countability of a noun, there will probably be someone somewhere who will use it in a different way. The dictionary only tells you the way the word is usually used, not the way it must alway
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