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BMO
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 Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:46 am Post subject: Three news |
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1. I have three news articles to tell you.
2. I have three news to tell you.
3. I have three pieces of news to tell you.
(It is referring to newspaper articles.)
Which is correct?
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CP
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| Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Sentence 3 is correct.
To make sentence 1 correct, rewrite it: "I have three news articles to tell you about."
To make sentence 2 correct, rewrite it: "I have news articles for you."
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CP
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| Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:37 am Post subject: |
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Sorry, for sentence 2 I meant to say:
"I have news for you."
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emile
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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'news' is uncountable. The 's' on the end is just the spelling and doesn't indicate that the word is plural.
my site: www.roadtogrammar.com |
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BMO
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks to CP and emile, it is very clear now. And yes, news is uncountable but I had forgotten it. |
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