Separate uncountable?

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Anonymous

#575620 Sun, 12 Oct 08 05:19 AM

Hi,

Do they mean separate? Somtimes, iI am not sure how to take these seemgly uncountable nouns being referred by two different adjectives.

North and South Korea

state and federal government spending

new and old equipment

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Feebs11

#575795 Mon, 13 Oct 08 12:38 AM

North [Korea] and South Korea.

state [spending] and federal government spending.

new [equipment] and old equiipment

Yes, it means two separate things. It avoids repetition of a word in a sentence.

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