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luciaC
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 Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: Questions |
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1. I know the expression a head of cabbage, but I want to know more nouns that we should use that quantifier. Can anyone give me more examples?
2. a stalk of celery, anything else?
3. a slice of pizza, cake, ham, anythingelse?
4. Is the word fish a countable noun or a non-count? How many fishes are there in the ocen?
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:02 am Post subject: Re: Questions |
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| luciaC wrote: |
1. I know the expression a head of cabbage, but I want to know more nouns that we should use that quantifier. Can anyone give me more examples?
2. a stalk of celery, anything else?
3. a slice of pizza, cake, ham, anythingelse?
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Oh my gosh, there are hundreds of them. And for any given thing, there can be many alternate counters.
A slice of pizza (cake, pie), a piece of pizza (cake, pie)
A slice of cheese, a wedge of cheese, a wheel of cheese;
A pat of butter, a stick of butter, a tub of butter;
A tin of sardines;
A carton of eggs (a dozen eggs);
A loaf of bread;
A rack of ribs (beef or pork);
A gallon of gas, a quart of milk, a bottle of beer, a can of coke' a glass of wine; a cup of tea (coffee), a spoonful of sugar;
A bunch of carrots (bananas, grapes);
A cluster of grapes (a cluster of headaches!);
A sack of poatoes;
A barrel of monkeys! 
And don't even get me started on animal group names. 
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| 4. Is the word fish a countable noun or a non-count? How many fishes are there in the ocean? |
Both depending on use.
I caught a fish. I caught 3 fish. I bought fish for dinner. How many fish are in your aquarium? |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:44 am Post subject: A few more... |
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A sheet of paper (a ream of paper!);
A packet of cigarettes (a carton of cigarettes!);
A box of cigars;
A fleet of ships;
A fleet of cars;
A six-pack of beer (sodas);
A wall of fog;
A tangle of string;
A rack of shoes;
A closet-full of shirts;
A bottle of pills (aspirin);
A vial of drugs (cocaine);
A pan of brownies;
A packet of buns (hamburger or hotdog);
A shelf of books;
A book of matches;
A pair of pants (count =1) (not the same as a pair of socks[count =2]);
A gaggle of old women;
A rack of magazines;
A rack of tools;
A stack of dishes;
A stack of chips (as in poker chips);
A bag of chips (as in potato chips);
A roll of film;
A roll of bills (as in money);
A book of stamps;
A ring of keys;
A bank of lights;
A bank of clouds;
A line of quesitons;
A plethora of answers! |
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