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yaggy74  +  885070 Thu, 03 Sep 09 02:53 PM
I have to look at the bold nouns in the following sentances and decide if they are countale or uncountable I am not sure on the following could somone please check to see if my answers are correct Many thanks

 

1. Would you like a coffeecountable

2. Can I have a beer please.  countable

3. I always have broccoli with my potatoes uncountable

4. I'll have a bag of frozen caulifower please. uncountable

5. Could you pass the peanuts? uncountable

6. People in japan also eat sushi  countable

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Clive  +  885126 Thu, 03 Sep 09 03:43 PM
 Hi,

I have to look at the bold nouns in the following sentances and decide if they are countale or uncountable I am not sure on the following could somone please check to see if my answers are correct Many thanks

 

1. Would you like a coffeecountable The word 'coffee' is indeed used here as a countable noun (short for 'a cup of coffee'), but is more commonly used in an uncountable form. So, I'll just consider how these words are used in these sentences.

 

2. Can I have a beer please.  countable

3. I always have broccoli with my potatoes uncountable

4. I'll have a bag of frozen caulifower please. uncountable

5. Could you pass the peanuts? uncountable No, you can count peanuts.

6. People in japan also eat sushi  countable This is tricky to classify. Here, I see 'people' as uncountable because it is just used to mean 'people in general' But if you said '47 people', it would be countable because in that context it is used as the plural of the word 'person', ie 47 people = 47 persons.

 

Best wishes, Clive

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