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Latest post Sun, Sep 11 2005 4:42 PM by Clive. 1 replies.
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Mowgli  +  136322 Sun, 11 Sep 05 04:28 PM

Hello,

I am very confused about countable and uncountable nouns concerning weather:

I would say:

- heavy rain (not: a heavy rain, because I think rain is always uncountable. Am I right?)

- light fog, because fog is uncountable, I suppose.

However, I have found different information in the Wiktionary - (en.wiktionary.org) - fog - "countable and uncountable" - Does it mean light fog and also a light fog are right?)

- strong wind and also a strong wind, because according to the Wictionary wind is countable and uncountable)

- light breeze or a light breeze?

- good weather (not: a good weather because weather is always uncountable?)

Thank you for your answers          Mowgli

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Clive  +  136329 Sun, 11 Sep 05 04:42 PM

Hi Mowgli,

Rain, fog, wind, breeze can be both countable and uncountable. It depends on whether you want to be specific or nonspecific.

Specific: Yesterday, there was a fog in the park, so I got lost.

Nonspecific: I think fog is beautiful to look at.

Weather is always uncountable.

If you still feel unsure about this, why don't you write some sentences and we'll tell you if they are correct, OK?

Clive

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