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markle
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 Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: mass nouns |
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Uncountable or noncountable or non-count? Which is correct?
Discuss. |
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Glenski
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I prefer uncountable. |
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fluffyhamster
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Have you heard the one about the student who asks how 'money' is 'uncountable'? |
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nonsmoker
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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in�nu�mer�a�ble [i-noo-mer-uh-buhl] –adjective
1. very numerous.
2. incapable of being counted; countless. |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I say count and non-count. I also say" ToMAYto" |
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JonnyB61
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: mass nouns |
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| markle wrote: |
Uncountable or noncountable or non-count? Which is correct?
Discuss. |
I've also seen the terms nouns of mass and nouns of quantity.
For some time now I've been suspicious that the people who write the course books get a kick, or some other advantage, out of changing the names of commonly known aspects of the language. Consider: Present Continuous is now supposed to be called Present Progressive; Phrasal Verbs are now to be known as Multiword Verbs. and
I'm sure there must be others.
Don't know why they do it. |
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Chris21
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Most grammar books I've seen (particularly those by Swan, Larsen-Freeman, and Celce-Murcia) seem to refer to them as countable &. uncountable nouns. |
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