Timeline for Many nouns that can sometimes be countable and others uncountable [closed]
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| Jun 17, 2017 at 9:41 | comment | added | BillJ | The acid test is whether it can combine with the cardinal numbers, "one, two, three, etc.," If it can't in the NP in which it occurs, then it's not a count noun in that particular NP. | |
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P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica user3169 Em. Peter Ben Kovitz |
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| Jun 16, 2017 at 23:47 | answer | added | Andrew | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 16, 2017 at 23:27 | comment | added | user3169 | As already commented, you need to add some example sentences using the words in question. Then you can consider the countability. | |
| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:51 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:38 | comment | added | Bavyan Yaldo | You are totally right but before ( so ) i put a comma because it is a cordinating conjunction and i should put a comma before. | |
| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:35 | history | edited | Bavyan Yaldo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:32 | comment | added | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | Please add an example to your question; it may be closed unless you provide an example, and tell us what research you have done on your own. ("Because sometimes can be considered countable and othertime uncountable..." is a clause without a subject; that is why it was edited to say "Because sometimes they can be considered countable and other time uncountable." Also, we end English sentences with a period, not with a comma.) | |
| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:31 | comment | added | Bavyan Yaldo | Thank u for ur reply and this good note, what kind of books do you highly recommend to improve my language ? | |
| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:28 | history | edited | Bavyan Yaldo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:27 | history | edited | Catija |
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| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:25 | comment | added | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | Context is the guide for native speakers. Use the edit link to add an example in which you are confused about whether to treat a word as countable or uncountable; then we may be able to help. ("cuz", "wanna", "gotta", etc. are useful in text messaging, or among friends, but they may not be appropriate elsewhere.) | |
| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:21 | history | edited | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:21 | comment | added | Bavyan Yaldo | A dictionary wouldn't help me enough cuz when i write about something how would i know if i should usethe word in a uncountable form or countable ? @laurel | |
| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:16 | comment | added | Laurel♦ | Use a dictionary? | |
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| Jun 16, 2017 at 22:05 | history | asked | Bavyan Yaldo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |