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Latest post Sat, Sep 15 2007 6:13 PM by Philip. 3 replies.
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Anonymous  +  418545 Fri, 14 Sep 07 02:59 PM

Hi,

Would you tell me if the following way of presenting/writing both a countable and an uncountable noun in one sentence is OK or not? I think the first one is countable, whereas the second one is uncountable.

It is a good idea to avoid sending emails that coincide with the Monday afternoon rush and Friday afternoon lethargy.

Philip  +  418569 Fri, 14 Sep 07 04:28 PM
 Anonymous wrote:

Hi,

Would you tell me if the following way of presenting/writing both a countable and an uncountable noun in one sentence is OK or not? I think the first one is countable, whereas the second one is uncountable.

It is a good idea to avoid sending emails that coincide with the Monday afternoon rush and Friday afternoon lethargy.

I seem them both, as used here, as uncountable. 
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Thank you, Philip, but I haven't seen 'rush' being used as an uncountable noun. I looked at my dictionary pretty thoroughly and also thought about that deeply from my own experiences with the word. Is it an uncountable noun?    
Philip  +  419159 Sat, 15 Sep 07 06:13 PM
 Anonymous wrote:
Thank you, Philip, but I haven't seen 'rush' being used as an uncountable noun. I looked at my dictionary pretty thoroughly and also thought about that deeply from my own experiences with the word. Is it an uncountable noun?    
I wouldn't say "the rushes early in the mornings", but rather "the rush early in the mornings" - one rush per morning.
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