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FRANKLY SPEAKING  +  289038 Fri, 03 Nov 06 09:13 PM

I have read this title in a book  " Increase your Vocabulary "

Would it be alright if the writer has written " Increase your Vocabularies "

I mean : Vocabulary has plural or not ?

Thanks in advance

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Marius Hancu  +  289042 Fri, 03 Nov 06 09:51 PM
Both countable and uncountable.

I would use the singular here. A person normally has only one vocabulary.

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Clive  +  289056 Fri, 03 Nov 06 11:04 PM

Hi,

Yet as teachers, we often say that a person has a speaking vocabulary and a reading vocabulary. Other tenrs include an active vocabulary and a passive vocabulary. 

Furthermore, we often say things like I have three students who have very poor vocabularies.

Best wishes, Clive

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