Beautifulsardinia  +  189882 Sat, 28 Jan 06 11:14 AM Hi, I'm studying English at the moment and I've a doubt. The nouns after "a lot of" have to be in singular or in plural? Ex. Mary is doing a lot of exercise.                 or Mary is doing a lot of exercises. I hope that someboby can help me. Thanks. Beautifulsardinia Joined on Thu, Jan 26 2006 Italy New Member 04 Nouns, Plurals

	Forbes  +  189900 Sat, 28 Jan 06 12:21 PM Both of your examples are correct, but have different meanings. "Mary is doing a lot of exercise" means that Mary is doing a lot of physical exertion. "Mary is doing a lot of exercises" means that Mary is doing various types of physical exertion. Forbes Joined on Thu, Jun 16 2005 Regular Member 895 Nouns, Plurals

	Beautifulsardinia  +  189905 Sat, 28 Jan 06 12:34 PM Thanks. It was very useful for me. By Beautifulsardinia Nouns, Plurals

	Letti  +  190170 Sat, 28 Jan 06 10:02 PM There are countable and uncountable words in English. Exercise is both of them. After "lot of" you can use plural and singular forms as well, it depends on the word. For example: - I've got a lot of friends. - She's got a lot of free time-. Letti Joined on Sat, Jan 28 2006 Hungary New Member 13 Be true. Nouns, Plurals

	YoHf  +  190171 Sat, 28 Jan 06 10:05 PM Quite so. However, welcome to the EF Letti and BS. I hope you will enjoy it. YoHf Joined on Wed, Oct 26 2005 Senior Member 3,347 Shinichi Okazaki. Nouns, Plurals

	Beautifulsardinia  +  190282 Sun, 29 Jan 06 08:47 AM Thanks to all. I think that this forum is really helpful because when you have a doubt you can ask for the solution and a lot of nice people answer friendly. Thanks. Beautifulsardinia Nouns, Plurals