Online  +  33521 Thu, 17 Jun 04 01:06 PM Hello I have recently been asked a question for an examination paper which will help me gain a teaching qualification. The question of concern is: Is ‘room’ in these sentences one word or two? Are there any teaching implications? This room is quite small, we could use it as the office. There’s not enough room in the case for your dressing gown. Anybody got any ideas, please? Thanks Online Online Joined on Thu, Jun 17 2004 New Member 01

	Pemmican  +  33524 Thu, 17 Jun 04 01:27 PM "Room" has two different meanings: "This room is quite small, we could use it as the office." --> Here, room means chamber, accomodation, a special room within a house or an apartment. There’s not enough room in the case for your dressing gown. --> Here, room carries the meaning of space. Pemmican Joined on Thu, Aug 21 2003 Regular Member 569 Wâ mag ich mich nu vinden? wâ mac ich mich nu suochen, wâ? nu bin ich hie und bin ouch dâ und enbin doch weder dâ noch hie. wer wart ouch sus verirret ie? wer wart ie sus...

	Radrook  +  33525 Thu, 17 Jun 04 01:35 PM I suggest that you submit this word to an online dictionary. It will provide its different meanings. Compare the meanings with the context of the words in order to determine if they do or do not mean the same thing. Radrook Joined on Sun, Jun 13 2004 Junior Member 99

	miriam  +  33571 Fri, 18 Jun 04 02:25 AM Perhaps the main difference is that 'room' is used as a countable noun in the first example, and as a mass noun in the second. In the first sentence you can talk about 'the room', 'one room', 'two rooms', etc. In the second, you can't; there is 'little room', 'no room' at all, 'enough room', etc. Miriam miriam Joined on Mon, May 10 2004 Argentina Regular Member 821 "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." Plato Nouns, Countable Nouns