Alex+  +  488820 Fri, 14 Mar 08 11:14 AM Which of these words can be uncountable nouns : cucumber, onion, potato, carrot? Could you give me examples with these words when they can be used as uncountable nouns? Thank you in advance. Alex+ Joined on Wed, Apr 11 2007 Full Member 301 Nouns, Uncountable Nouns, Countable Nouns

	nona the brit  +  488850 Fri, 14 Mar 08 12:18 PM When you are speaking of the whole vegetable they are countable Slice the carrot finely. Peel and quarter the potatoes. When they have been prepared and are considered as substances they become uncountable. I would like a plate of mashed potato (not mashed potatoes). Add the sliced carrot (regardless of how many you started with as whole carrots) to the soup. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Alex+  +  489289 Sat, 15 Mar 08 06:13 PM Thanks, nona the brit. Are these words used as countable or uncountable in following sentence? "Could you buy some cucumber(s), onion(s), carrot(s) and potato(es)?" Alex+ Countable or Uncountable

	Grammar Geek  +  489292 Sat, 15 Mar 08 06:16 PM Alex, Nona said that when you are talking about a whole vegetable, they are countable. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,665 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!