JuanValdez
Joined: 12 Nov 2005
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Location: Somewhere in Middle America
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 Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:53 am Post subject: Re: fire or fires |
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| mfung wrote: |
| Since the word "fire" could be countable or uncountable, are all the following sentences correct? 1.Firemen put out fire. 2.Firemen put out fires 3.Firemen put out a fire. 4 Firemen put out the fire. 5. Firemen put out the fires. |
Yes, all are correct in different circumstances.
1. This is correct, but awkward. It would be used in a general sense of the job.
2. This is also correct, and much less awkward.
3. This would be used to refer to a nonspecific fire put out by unspecified firemen.
4. Ambiguous firemen, specific fire.
5. Ambiguous firement, multiple & specific fires.
Hope this helps. |
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